Charles Sumner: “Not a dollar of wages has been taken, not a child stolen, not a wife…”

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Not a dollar of wages has been taken, not a child stolen, not a wife torn from her husband, without the hand of Congress.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the accountability of Congress in the injustices of slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “Not a dollar of wages has been taken, not a child stolen, not a wife torn from her husband, without the hand of…”