On the record
Thirty of those years have been almost exclusively spent in a war of ideas against Slavery, as a Garrisonian Abolitionist.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner reflects on his long-standing commitment to the abolitionist cause and the intellectual battles fought against slavery.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Other voices in this conversation
