Charles Sumner: “The Committees of Congress, where Slavery now rules,--Congress itself…”

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The Committees of Congress, where Slavery now rules,--Congress itself, and the Cabinet also,--would all be organized for Freedom.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner envisions a Congress and Cabinet organized to promote freedom instead of slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “The Committees of Congress, where Slavery now rules,--Congress itself, and the Cabinet also,--would all be organized for…”