Charles Sumner: “Not as Abolitionist, not as Antislavery man, not even as…”

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Not as Abolitionist, not as Antislavery man, not even as philanthropist,--if I may claim that honored name,--do I now speak.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner clarifies that he speaks not just as an abolitionist but as a broader advocate for human rights.

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Charles Sumner: “Not as Abolitionist, not as Antislavery man, not even as philanthropist,--if I may claim that honored name,--do I now…”