Charles Sumner: “Insult, bullying, and threat characterize the Slaveholders in…”

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Insult, bullying, and threat characterize the Slaveholders in Congress; talk, timidity, and submission, the Representatives from the Free States.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner contrasts the aggressive behavior of slaveholders with the submissive attitude of free state representatives.

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