Charles Sumner: “For what one civil right is worth a rush, after a man’s property is…”

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For what one civil right is worth a rush, after a man’s property is subject to be taken from him at pleasure, without his consent?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the value of civil rights if property can be taken without consent.

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