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Charles Sumner: “The populous North, stung by sense of outrage, and inspired by a noble cause, are pouring into the debatable land, and…”

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The populous North, stung by sense of outrage, and inspired by a noble cause, are pouring into the debatable land, and promise soon to establish a supremacy of numbers there, involving, of course, a just supremacy of Freedom.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner highlights the influx of people from the North to Kansas, driven by a commitment to freedom during a contentious period in American history.

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