Charles Sumner: “Then would our camps become nurseries of freemen, and every common…”

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Then would our camps become nurseries of freemen, and every common soldier a chain-breaker, while Slavery shrunk out of sight.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner envisions military camps transforming into places of freedom, where soldiers actively oppose slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “Then would our camps become nurseries of freemen, and every common soldier a chain-breaker, while Slavery shrunk out of…”