Charles Sumner: “Citizens at the North, while avowing hostility to Slavery, professed…”

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Citizens at the North, while avowing hostility to Slavery, professed to be alarmed for the Union.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques Northern citizens who, while opposing slavery, feared for the Union's stability.

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Charles Sumner: “Citizens at the North, while avowing hostility to Slavery, professed to be alarmed for the Union.”