Charles Sumner: “Conceived in defiance of the Constitution, and in utter disregard of…”

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Conceived in defiance of the Constitution, and in utter disregard of every sentiment of justice and humanity, it should be treated as an outlaw.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner denounces the Fugitive Slave Act as fundamentally unjust and unconstitutional.

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The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “Conceived in defiance of the Constitution, and in utter disregard of every sentiment of justice and humanity, it should…”