Charles Sumner: “So far as it means anything, it is simply this: that the people of a…”

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So far as it means anything, it is simply this: that the people of a Territory have a right to introduce Slavery, but not to prohibit it.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner summarizes the implications of Popular Sovereignty, stating it allows for the introduction of slavery but not its prohibition.

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Charles Sumner: “So far as it means anything, it is simply this: that the people of a Territory have a right to introduce Slavery, but…”