Charles Sumner: “In the States, as a sectional institution, beneath the shelter of…”

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In the States, as a sectional institution, beneath the shelter of local laws, Slavery unhappily found a home.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the entrenched nature of slavery in the United States as a sectional institution.

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Charles Sumner: “In the States, as a sectional institution, beneath the shelter of local laws, Slavery unhappily found a home.”