Charles Sumner: “The answer to this question will necessarily affect the rights of…”

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The answer to this question will necessarily affect the rights of three million fellow-citizens held in slavery among us.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner connects the question of resistance to the rights of enslaved individuals in America.

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