Charles Sumner: “Constitution of the United States, does not prevent abolition of…”

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Constitution of the United States, does not prevent abolition of slavery, I. 310.

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Sumner asserts that the U.S. Constitution does not prevent the abolition of slavery, emphasizing his anti-slavery stance.

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Charles Sumner: “Constitution of the United States, does not prevent abolition of slavery, I. 310.”