Charles Sumner: “However specious their laws may appear, depend upon it, they must be…”

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However specious their laws may appear, depend upon it, they must be ineffectual in their application.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of laws created by slave owners, regardless of their appearance.

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Charles Sumner: “However specious their laws may appear, depend upon it, they must be ineffectual in their application.”