Charles Sumner: “Take away these elements, sometimes called “abuses,” and Slavery will…”

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Take away these elements, sometimes called “abuses,” and Slavery will cease to exist; for it is these very “abuses” which constitute Slavery.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that removing the abuses of slavery would lead to its end.

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Charles Sumner: “Take away these elements, sometimes called “abuses,” and Slavery will cease to exist; for it is these very “abuses”…”