Charles Sumner: “You ought not to do it, because, besides its intrinsic and fatal…”

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You ought not to do it, because, besides its intrinsic and fatal injustice, you will deprive the country of what it most needs, which is labor.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the injustice of colonization would deprive the nation of essential labor.

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Charles Sumner: “You ought not to do it, because, besides its intrinsic and fatal injustice, you will deprive the country of what it most…”