Charles Sumner: “Alas for that race so long oppressed, but at last redeemed from…”

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Alas for that race so long oppressed, but at last redeemed from bondage, now plunged back into another hell of torment!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner mourns the plight of a race that has been oppressed and is now facing new hardships.

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Charles Sumner: “Alas for that race so long oppressed, but at last redeemed from bondage, now plunged back into another hell of torment!”