Charles Sumner: “It is on account of those brutal sentiments generated by Slavery, and…”

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It is on account of those brutal sentiments generated by Slavery, and manifested in the Black Code, which the courts here but enforce.

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Sumner connects the brutal sentiments of slavery to the enforcement of the Black Code in the courts.

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Charles Sumner: “It is on account of those brutal sentiments generated by Slavery, and manifested in the Black Code, which the courts…”