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Charles Sumner: “Clearly, Jefferson Davis at that time was a traitor, at the head of traitors.”

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Clearly, Jefferson Davis at that time was a traitor, at the head of traitors.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner labels Jefferson Davis as a traitor leading a group of traitors during the Rebellion.

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