Charles Sumner: “Under the Constitution, each State of itself ought to provide for the…”

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Under the Constitution, each State of itself ought to provide for the rendition of all fugitives from labor to their masters.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that under the Constitution, each state should ensure the return of fugitives to their masters.

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