Charles Sumner: “An Amendment to the Constitution will, in the course of a few weeks…”

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An Amendment to the Constitution will, in the course of a few weeks, place their freedom under the sanction of Constitutional Law.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner anticipates an upcoming Constitutional Amendment that will legally secure the freedom of slaves.

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