Charles Sumner: “Of course every power to uphold Slavery must have an origin as…”

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Of course every power to uphold Slavery must have an origin as distinct as that of Slavery itself.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that any power to uphold Slavery must have a distinct origin, paralleling the institution itself.

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Charles Sumner: “Of course every power to uphold Slavery must have an origin as distinct as that of Slavery itself.”