Charles Sumner: “Everywhere throughout the region lately cursed by Slavery this dark…”

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Everywhere throughout the region lately cursed by Slavery this dark prejudice still lingers and lowers.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the lingering effects of slavery and the persistent racial prejudice that follows.

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Charles Sumner: “Everywhere throughout the region lately cursed by Slavery this dark prejudice still lingers and lowers.”