Charles Sumner: “Our foreign commerce is not less disturbed; for here we are brought…”

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Our foreign commerce is not less disturbed; for here we are brought within the sphere of other laws than our own.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the challenges faced by American commerce in the global market.

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Charles Sumner: “Our foreign commerce is not less disturbed; for here we are brought within the sphere of other laws than our own.”