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Charles Sumner: “The means necessary to be taken to this effect can only be the work of a SOCIETY; and it is worthy the Saviour of…”

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The means necessary to be taken to this effect can only be the work of a SOCIETY; and it is worthy the Saviour of America to put himself at their head, and to open the door of liberty to three hundred thousand unhappy beings of his own State.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner calls for the formation of a society to lead the movement for the liberation of enslaved individuals in America.

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