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Charles Sumner: “His voice and his hand were voice and hand of the Rebellion itself.”

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His voice and his hand were voice and hand of the Rebellion itself.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that Jefferson Davis was the embodiment of the Rebellion's leadership and actions.

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