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Charles Sumner: “When last I entered into this debate, it became my duty to expose the Crime against Kansas, and to insist upon the…”

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When last I entered into this debate, it became my duty to expose the Crime against Kansas, and to insist upon the immediate admission of that Territory as a State of this Union, with a Constitution forbidding Slavery.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He reflects on his previous debates regarding the admission of Kansas as a free state, highlighting his anti-slavery stance.

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