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Charles Sumner: “Of course, such an anarchical pretension, so instinct with all the lawlessness of Slavery, must be encountered…”

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Of course, such an anarchical pretension, so instinct with all the lawlessness of Slavery, must be encountered peremptorily.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner emphasizes the need to confront the lawlessness associated with slavery.

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