Charles Sumner: “I should not expose them now, if they did not testify constantly to…”

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I should not expose them now, if they did not testify constantly to the Origin and Mainspring of this Rebellion.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on the evidence that reveals the root causes of the rebellion.

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Charles Sumner: “I should not expose them now, if they did not testify constantly to the Origin and Mainspring of this Rebellion.”