Charles Sumner: “Let the word go forth, that the National Government shall be divorced…”

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Let the word go forth, that the National Government shall be divorced from all support of Slavery, and shall never hereafter sanction it.

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Massachusetts

Source

This statement calls for a clear and definitive stance against slavery by the National Government.

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Charles Sumner: “Let the word go forth, that the National Government shall be divorced from all support of Slavery, and shall never…”