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Charles Sumner: “Here was the end of all Fugitive Slave Acts, and another blow at Slavery.”

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Here was the end of all Fugitive Slave Acts, and another blow at Slavery.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner emphasizes the significance of ending Fugitive Slave Acts as a step against slavery.

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