Charles Sumner: “The pawnbroker who has received it in pledge must release his hold…”

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The pawnbroker who has received it in pledge must release his hold; the purchaser who has paid the price must give it up.

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Massachusetts

Source

Sumner explains that both pawnbrokers and purchasers must return stolen property, emphasizing the illegitimacy of ownership in slavery.

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Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

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Charles Sumner: “The pawnbroker who has received it in pledge must release his hold; the purchaser who has paid the price must give it…”