Charles Sumner: “Wherever he moves, he shall find no house to receive him, no table…”

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Wherever he moves, he shall find no house to receive him, no table spread to nourish him, no welcome to cheer him.

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Massachusetts

Source

Sumner describes the isolation and rejection faced by slave hunters in Massachusetts.

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Charles Sumner: “Wherever he moves, he shall find no house to receive him, no table spread to nourish him, no welcome to cheer him.”