Charles Sumner: “Therefore against every effort of surrender the Proclamation presents…”

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Therefore against every effort of surrender the Proclamation presents an insuperable barrier.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner states that the Emancipation Proclamation acts as a barrier against any attempts to surrender to slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “Therefore against every effort of surrender the Proclamation presents an insuperable barrier.”