Charles Sumner: “Through this just jurisdiction the Rebel communities might have been…”

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Through this just jurisdiction the Rebel communities might have been fashioned anew, and shaped to loyalty and virtue.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner believes that proper governance could have transformed Rebel communities into loyal citizens.

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Charles Sumner: “Through this just jurisdiction the Rebel communities might have been fashioned anew, and shaped to loyalty and virtue.”