Charles Sumner: “I am unwilling that Emancipation shall depend upon the will of any one…”

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I am unwilling that Emancipation shall depend upon the will of any one man, be he Senator or President.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his belief that Emancipation should not be contingent on any single individual's decision.

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Charles Sumner: “I am unwilling that Emancipation shall depend upon the will of any one man, be he Senator or President.”