Charles Sumner: “In the Free States the authors were 73; in the Slave States…”

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In the Free States the authors were 73; in the Slave States, 6,--Massachusetts having 17, and South Carolina none.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner illustrates the stark contrast in the number of authors between Free and Slave States.

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Charles Sumner: “In the Free States the authors were 73; in the Slave States, 6,--Massachusetts having 17, and South Carolina none.”