Charles Sumner: “I had never been knocked down, and, having some curiosity upon that…”

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I had never been knocked down, and, having some curiosity upon that subject, I repeated the language.

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Massachusetts

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In a moment of curiosity and defiance, Sumner recounts how he provoked a violent reaction from a colleague.

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Charles Sumner: “I had never been knocked down, and, having some curiosity upon that subject, I repeated the language.”