Charles Sumner: “His great name should now be employed for the suppression of that…”

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His great name should now be employed for the suppression of that Slave Power which is the fruitful mother of so much wretchedness.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for the use of Washington's legacy to combat the influence of slavery in America.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

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Charles Sumner: “His great name should now be employed for the suppression of that Slave Power which is the fruitful mother of so much…”