Charles Sumner: “Slavery is the inveterate culprit, the transcendent criminal, the…”

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Slavery is the inveterate culprit, the transcendent criminal, the persevering traitor, the wicked parricide, the arch rebel, the open outlaw.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner powerfully condemns slavery as a fundamental evil in society.

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Charles Sumner: “Slavery is the inveterate culprit, the transcendent criminal, the persevering traitor, the wicked parricide, the arch…”