Charles Sumner: “True, Slavery will be for a short term only, for twenty-one years, if…”

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True, Slavery will be for a short term only, for twenty-one years, if you please, but that is a long time for Slavery.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the temporary nature of slavery proposed in legislation, emphasizing its moral implications.

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Charles Sumner: “True, Slavery will be for a short term only, for twenty-one years, if you please, but that is a long time for Slavery.”