Charles Sumner: “Had Slavery never existed among us, there would have been no such…”

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Had Slavery never existed among us, there would have been no such prejudice as that of which the Senator makes himself the representative.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the existence of slavery has led to persistent racial prejudices.

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Charles Sumner: “Had Slavery never existed among us, there would have been no such prejudice as that of which the Senator makes himself…”