Charles Sumner: “Are you, who have just emancipated yourselves from this obligation…”

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Are you, who have just emancipated yourselves from this obligation, ready to renew it, and to commit again an inexpiable crime?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner challenges the morality of renewing obligations to return fugitive slaves after emancipation.

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Charles Sumner: “Are you, who have just emancipated yourselves from this obligation, ready to renew it, and to commit again an inexpiable…”