Charles Sumner: “For the sake of precision in rights claimed and accorded on the ocean…”

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For the sake of precision in rights claimed and accorded on the ocean, our Government has explained in treaties what was meant by contraband.

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Sumner discusses the importance of treaties in defining contraband rights at sea.

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