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Charles Sumner: “From Alabama pass to Mississippi, and there the same hideous scenes are renewed.”

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From Alabama pass to Mississippi, and there the same hideous scenes are renewed.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner highlights the continuation of violence and chaos in Mississippi, drawing parallels to Alabama.

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