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Charles Sumner: “And has not the time arrived when in sincerity we should accept the olive-branch?”

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And has not the time arrived when in sincerity we should accept the olive-branch?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner advocates for peace and reconciliation in a time of conflict.

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