Charles Sumner: “Surely, when the Senator quoted Scripture to enforce the claim of…”

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Surely, when the Senator quoted Scripture to enforce the claim of Slave-Masters, he did not intend a jest.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the sincerity of a senator who uses scripture to justify slavery, implying a moral inconsistency.

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Charles Sumner: “Surely, when the Senator quoted Scripture to enforce the claim of Slave-Masters, he did not intend a jest.”