Charles Sumner: “Had it not been made, no Rebel ship could have been built in England…”

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Had it not been made, no Rebel ship could have been built in England: every step in her building would have been piracy.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that without the concession, the construction of Rebel ships in England would have been considered piracy.

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Charles Sumner: “Had it not been made, no Rebel ship could have been built in England: every step in her building would have been piracy.”