Charles Sumner: “Thus in the earliest days, even before Independence, were the…”

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Thus in the earliest days, even before Independence, were the Colonists one people, with one sovereignty, afterwards renounced.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the unity of the Colonists before they declared independence from Britain.

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Charles Sumner: “Thus in the earliest days, even before Independence, were the Colonists one people, with one sovereignty, afterwards…”