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We are asked to vote that a fellow-man be handed over to Slavery without trial by jury.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “We are asked to vote that a fellow-man be handed over to Slavery without trial by jury.”
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Sumner passionately opposes the idea of voting to enslave a person without a trial by jury.
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