Charles Sumner: “It would be a terrible disaster to have the precedent set of a State…”

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It would be a terrible disaster to have the precedent set of a State readmitted to the Union with the sacrifice of the rights of the blacks.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns against the dangers of allowing a state to rejoin the Union while compromising the rights of Black citizens.

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Charles Sumner: “It would be a terrible disaster to have the precedent set of a State readmitted to the Union with the sacrifice of the…”