Charles Sumner: “Here are the three stages: at the first, all consecrated to Freedom…”

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Here are the three stages: at the first, all consecrated to Freedom; at the second, only half; at the third, all grasped by Slavery.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner outlines the historical progression of territory from freedom to slavery dominance.

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Charles Sumner: “Here are the three stages: at the first, all consecrated to Freedom; at the second, only half; at the third, all grasped…”