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Charles Sumner: “With glaring inequality, the representation of Slave States is founded, first, on “persons,” and, secondly, on a large…”

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With glaring inequality, the representation of Slave States is founded, first, on “persons,” and, secondly, on a large part of their pretended property, while the representation of the Free States is founded simply on “persons,” leaving all their boundless millions of property unrepresented.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner highlights the unequal representation of slave states versus free states in the political system.

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