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Charles Sumner: “The National Government has been for a long time controlled by Slavery.”

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The National Government has been for a long time controlled by Slavery.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner critiques the influence of slavery on the National Government.

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