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Charles Sumner: “Impartial history will record the national losses from British intervention, and it is only reasonable that the evidence…”

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Impartial history will record the national losses from British intervention, and it is only reasonable that the evidence of these losses should not be excluded from judgment.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner believes that impartial history will acknowledge the losses suffered by the nation due to British actions, advocating for their inclusion in legal judgments.

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