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Charles Sumner: “Citizens, whose only offence is loyalty, are driven from their homes.”

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Citizens, whose only offence is loyalty, are driven from their homes.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner condemns the expulsion of loyal citizens from their homes during the conflict.

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