Charles Sumner: “My conclusion is, that a mistake was made in recognizing a…”

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My conclusion is, that a mistake was made in recognizing a Constitution as republican that permitted Slavery.

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Sumner concludes that recognizing a constitution that allowed slavery was a fundamental mistake.

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

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

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

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Charles Sumner: “My conclusion is, that a mistake was made in recognizing a Constitution as republican that permitted Slavery.”