Charles Sumner: “What could not be accomplished peaceably was to be accomplished…”

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What could not be accomplished peaceably was to be accomplished forcibly.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that when peaceful means fail, violent actions are often pursued to achieve goals, particularly in the context of slavery.

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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

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Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

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

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Charles Sumner: “What could not be accomplished peaceably was to be accomplished forcibly.”