Charles Sumner: “Rock the pall-bearers,--the room of the Supreme Court of the United…”

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Rock the pall-bearers,--the room of the Supreme Court of the United States the Potter’s Field,--the corpse the Dred Scott decision!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner uses metaphor to illustrate the death of the Dred Scott decision and its impact on American law.

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Charles Sumner: “Rock the pall-bearers,--the room of the Supreme Court of the United States the Potter’s Field,--the corpse the Dred…”