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Charles Sumner: “Thus the normal condition of the Territories is confirmed by the Constitution, which, when extended over them, renders…”

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Thus the normal condition of the Territories is confirmed by the Constitution, which, when extended over them, renders Slavery impossible, while it writes upon the soil and engraves upon the rock everywhere the law of impartial Freedom, without distinction of color or race.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the Constitution guarantees freedom in the territories, making slavery impossible.

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