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Charles Sumner: “With this barefaced defiance of justice and decency Slave-Masters inaugurated the system of violence by which they have…”

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With this barefaced defiance of justice and decency Slave-Masters inaugurated the system of violence by which they have sought to crush every voice raised against Slavery.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner condemns the violent tactics used by slave-masters to silence anti-slavery voices.

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