Charles Sumner: “I rejoice that you have had the courage to exhibit in a systematic…”

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I rejoice that you have had the courage to exhibit in a systematic manner the essential barbarism of the institution.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner commends the courage of a speaker for systematically addressing the barbarism of slavery in their speech.

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Charles Sumner: “I rejoice that you have had the courage to exhibit in a systematic manner the essential barbarism of the institution.”