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Charles Sumner: “And, secondly, even if not all involved in the manifold wrong, nothing is clearer than that the mode proposed is the…”

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And, secondly, even if not all involved in the manifold wrong, nothing is clearer than that the mode proposed is the gentlest, quietest, and surest in which the beneficent change can be accomplished.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner believes that the proposed method for ending slavery is the most effective and peaceful approach.

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