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Charles Sumner: “To say that under him Slavery can in any way be revived, or that the Rebel debt or the pension of Rebel soldiers or…”

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To say that under him Slavery can in any way be revived, or that the Rebel debt or the pension of Rebel soldiers or compensation for slaves can find favor, or that the equal rights of the freedmen, to which he is so solemnly pledged, can in any way be impaired,--all this is simply atrocious.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Here, Sumner vehemently defends the rights of freedmen and condemns any notion of reviving slavery or supporting the rebel debt.

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