Charles Sumner: “And yet it is proposed to bestow upon this whole class not only new…”

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And yet it is proposed to bestow upon this whole class not only new license for their crimes, but a new lease of their power.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes proposals that would grant more power to those who perpetuate slavery, warning of the dangers of such actions.

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