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Charles Sumner: “What are trial by jury, Habeas Corpus, ballot-box, right of petition, liberty in Kansas, your liberty, Sir, or mine, to…”

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What are trial by jury, Habeas Corpus, ballot-box, right of petition, liberty in Kansas, your liberty, Sir, or mine, to one who lends himself, not merely to the support at home, but to propagandism abroad, of that preposterous wrong which denies even the right of a man to himself?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner questions the value of rights like trial by jury and liberty for those who support slavery.

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