Charles Sumner: “But this pretension is only a further outgrowth of that appalling…”

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But this pretension is only a further outgrowth of that appalling tyranny which begins by denying the right of a man to himself.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the denial of self-ownership is a fundamental tyranny that underlies the institution of slavery.

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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “But this pretension is only a further outgrowth of that appalling tyranny which begins by denying the right of a man to…”