Charles Sumner: “I have denounced it as at once a violation of the law of God, and of…”

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I have denounced it as at once a violation of the law of God, and of the Constitution of the United States; and I now repeat this denunciation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reiterates his strong denunciation of the Fugitive Slave Act as unconstitutional and morally wrong.

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Charles Sumner: “I have denounced it as at once a violation of the law of God, and of the Constitution of the United States; and I now…”