Charles Sumner: “Habeas Corpus and the safeguards of Freedom which you deplore are…”

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Habeas Corpus and the safeguards of Freedom which you deplore are ravished by Slavery.

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Massachusetts

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In this statement, Sumner argues that slavery is responsible for the violation of civil liberties such as habeas corpus.

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Charles Sumner: “Habeas Corpus and the safeguards of Freedom which you deplore are ravished by Slavery.”