Charles Sumner: “State Rights were exalted and the Nation was humbled, because in this…”

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State Rights were exalted and the Nation was humbled, because in this way Slavery might be protected.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the historical elevation of state rights at the expense of national integrity to protect slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “State Rights were exalted and the Nation was humbled, because in this way Slavery might be protected.”