Charles Sumner: “The bonds of the Nation repudiated, and the Equal Rights of the…”

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The bonds of the Nation repudiated, and the Equal Rights of the freedman, which are nothing but bonds of the Nation, repudiated also.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of national unity and the rights of freedmen as integral to the nation's identity.

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Charles Sumner: “The bonds of the Nation repudiated, and the Equal Rights of the freedman, which are nothing but bonds of the Nation…”