Charles Sumner: “The prejudices of which the Senator makes himself the representative…”

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The prejudices of which the Senator makes himself the representative to-day, permit me to say, are nothing but the tail of Slavery.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the prejudices that perpetuate slavery, referring to them as remnants of the institution.

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Charles Sumner: “The prejudices of which the Senator makes himself the representative to-day, permit me to say, are nothing but the tail…”