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Charles Sumner: “This terrible complicity began with the wrongful recognition of Rebel belligerence, under whose shelter pirate ships…”

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This terrible complicity began with the wrongful recognition of Rebel belligerence, under whose shelter pirate ships were built and supplies sent forth.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner critiques the early actions that contributed to the conflict, particularly the recognition of Rebel belligerence.

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