Charles Sumner: “Slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime…”

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Slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, shall not exist in the United States.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner states that slavery and involuntary servitude should not exist in the United States, except as punishment for crime.

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Charles Sumner: “Slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, shall not exist in the United States.”