Charles Sumner: “Once more we hear the voice of Slavery crying out in familiar tones…”

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Once more we hear the voice of Slavery crying out in familiar tones, that conditions cannot be imposed on new States.

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Massachusetts

Source

Sumner notes the persistent influence of slavery in political discourse regarding the conditions for new states.

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Charles Sumner: “Once more we hear the voice of Slavery crying out in familiar tones, that conditions cannot be imposed on new States.”