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Charles Sumner: “The blow struck upon the head of Charles Sumner did not fall upon him alone.”

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The blow struck upon the head of Charles Sumner did not fall upon him alone.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that the violence he faced was not just personal but an attack on the ideals of liberty.

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