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Charles Sumner: “The honorable story of British intervention against Slavery is incomplete without showing how its generous ardor broke…”

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The honorable story of British intervention against Slavery is incomplete without showing how its generous ardor broke forth against our Republic, which was denounced as linked with Slavery.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner critiques British intervention in the context of slavery and its implications for the United States.

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