Charles Sumner: “That traditional experience, that infinite audacity, that…”

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That traditional experience, that infinite audacity, that insensibility to Human Rights, which so long upheld Slavery, are aroused anew.

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Sumner reflects on the historical attitudes that supported slavery and their resurgence.

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Charles Sumner: “That traditional experience, that infinite audacity, that insensibility to Human Rights, which so long upheld Slavery…”