Charles Sumner: “I call upon you now to obliterate the last of its footprints, and to…”

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I call upon you now to obliterate the last of its footprints, and to banish the last of the hateful spirits in its train.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for the eradication of lingering prejudices and injustices in society.

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