Charles Sumner: “But pause not then,--beyond the western wave, Go, view the captive…”

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But pause not then,--beyond the western wave, Go, view the captive bartered as a slave!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner urges his audience to confront the reality of slavery by envisioning the plight of captives sold into bondage.

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Charles Sumner: “But pause not then,--beyond the western wave, Go, view the captive bartered as a slave!”