Charles Sumner: “In general, the value of lands in Slave States adjoining Freedom is…”

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In general, the value of lands in Slave States adjoining Freedom is advanced, while the value of corresponding lands in Free States is diminished.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner discusses the economic impact of slavery on land values in the United States.

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