Charles Sumner: “Out of the convictions of their hearts and the utterances of their…”

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Out of the convictions of their hearts and the utterances of their lips against Slavery they would be condemned.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that individuals who speak against slavery would be unjustly condemned in the current political climate.

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Charles Sumner: “Out of the convictions of their hearts and the utterances of their lips against Slavery they would be condemned.”