Charles Sumner: “It is true that there were compromises at the formation of the…”

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It is true that there were compromises at the formation of the Constitution, which were the subject of anxious debate; but this was not one of them.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner acknowledges that while there were compromises during the Constitution's formation, the fugitive slave provision was not one of them.

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Charles Sumner: “It is true that there were compromises at the formation of the Constitution, which were the subject of anxious debate…”