Charles Sumner: “But it is misinterpreted,--has been so in an adjoining State; and who…”

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But it is misinterpreted,--has been so in an adjoining State; and who can tell that it will not be so now in every one of the Southern States?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that misinterpretations of the Amendment could lead to legal slavery in Southern States, stressing the need for clarity.

More from Charles Sumner

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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Charles Sumner: “But it is misinterpreted,--has been so in an adjoining State; and who can tell that it will not be so now in every one…”