Charles Sumner: “Freedom and Slavery can hold no divided empire; nor can there be any…”

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Freedom and Slavery can hold no divided empire; nor can there be any true repose, until Freedom is everywhere established.

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Massachusetts

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This quote reflects Sumner's belief in the absolute necessity of establishing freedom universally, rejecting any coexistence with slavery.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

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Charles Sumner: “Freedom and Slavery can hold no divided empire; nor can there be any true repose, until Freedom is everywhere…”