Charles Sumner: “The treatment of these petitions illustrates the tyranny of the Slave…”

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The treatment of these petitions illustrates the tyranny of the Slave Power to the very eve of its fall.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the oppressive nature of the Slave Power in relation to petitions against slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “The treatment of these petitions illustrates the tyranny of the Slave Power to the very eve of its fall.”