At Worcester, in 1848, commenced the first strong movement, which, gaining new force at Buffalo, and sweeping the Free States, enrolled three hundred thousand electors in constitutional opposition to a hateful wrong.
Sumner recounts the significant movement against slavery that began in Worcester and gained momentum across the Free States.
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