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Charles Sumner: “Fellow-citizens, I deny this pretension in every respect and at every point.”

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Fellow-citizens, I deny this pretension in every respect and at every point.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner firmly rejects claims that support the expansion of slavery, asserting his position against it.

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