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Charles Sumner: “It was, indeed, too true that Kansas had been invaded, conquered, subjugated, by an armed force from beyond her borders…”

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It was, indeed, too true that Kansas had been invaded, conquered, subjugated, by an armed force from beyond her borders, led on by a fanatical spirit, trampling under foot the principles of the Kansas Bill and the right of suffrage.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner describes the violent invasion of Kansas by external forces.

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