Charles Sumner: “It is a part of their lives which the honest historian commemorates…”

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It is a part of their lives which the honest historian commemorates with pride, that they were unhesitating, open, avowed Abolitionists.

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Massachusetts

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This quote celebrates the founding fathers as proud and open abolitionists, highlighting their commitment to ending slavery.

More from Charles Sumner

Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “It is a part of their lives which the honest historian commemorates with pride, that they were unhesitating, open…”