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Charles Sumner: “Let it join with Jefferson in open, uncompromising hostility to Slavery.”

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Let it join with Jefferson in open, uncompromising hostility to Slavery.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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He urges the government to align itself with Thomas Jefferson's strong opposition to slavery.

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