Charles Sumner: “Would America laid waste, deluged with blood, plundered, enslaved…”

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Would America laid waste, deluged with blood, plundered, enslaved, replace America flourishing, rich, and free?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the consequences of war, emphasizing the potential devastation it could bring to America.

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Charles Sumner: “Would America laid waste, deluged with blood, plundered, enslaved, replace America flourishing, rich, and free?”