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Charles Sumner: “And shall we be less true to Freedom than the authors of that instrument?”

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And shall we be less true to Freedom than the authors of that instrument?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the commitment to freedom in comparison to the founding fathers.

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