Charles Sumner: “Of this flagrant Rebellion Jefferson Davis became the chosen chief, as…”

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Of this flagrant Rebellion Jefferson Davis became the chosen chief, as he had already been for a long time the animating spirit.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner identifies Jefferson Davis as the leader of the Confederate Rebellion.

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