Charles Sumner: “Let the Constitution be rightly interpreted by a just tribunal, and…”

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Let the Constitution be rightly interpreted by a just tribunal, and Slavery must cease here at once.

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Massachusetts

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In this quote, Sumner argues that a proper interpretation of the Constitution would lead to the immediate end of slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “Let the Constitution be rightly interpreted by a just tribunal, and Slavery must cease here at once.”