Charles Sumner: “The most formidable of all the evils which menace the future of the…”

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The most formidable of all the evils which menace the future of the United States springs from the presence of the blacks on their soil.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that the presence of black individuals in the United States poses a significant threat to the nation's future.

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