Charles Sumner: “There are some who think that anything for Slavery is constitutional…”

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There are some who think that anything for Slavery is constitutional, but nothing for Freedom.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights a double standard in constitutional interpretation favoring slavery over freedom.

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Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “There are some who think that anything for Slavery is constitutional, but nothing for Freedom.”