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Charles Sumner: “He is author of the artifice--rejected by every Slave-Master, and rejected by every lover of Freedom, whose eyes are…”

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He is author of the artifice--rejected by every Slave-Master, and rejected by every lover of Freedom, whose eyes are open--which, under the nickname of Squatter Sovereignty, has been the device of doughfaces, enabling them sometimes to deceive the public and sometimes even to deceive themselves.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner criticizes the concept of Squatter Sovereignty as a deceptive tactic used by pro-slavery advocates.

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