On the great question which for a generation overshadowed all others, and finally wrapped the country in the “living cloud of war,” he was sincerely antislavery, but with certain shortcomings which in this impartial tribute ought not to be concealed.
Sumner reflects on the complexities of a prominent figure's antislavery stance during a tumultuous period in American history.
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