Charles Sumner: “I battle still, as the bloody monster retreats to its last citadel…”

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I battle still, as the bloody monster retreats to its last citadel; and, God willing, I mean to hold on, if it takes what remains to me of life.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his determination to continue fighting against slavery until it is completely eradicated.

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Charles Sumner: “I battle still, as the bloody monster retreats to its last citadel; and, God willing, I mean to hold on, if it takes…”