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Charles Sumner: “It has been voted down; and now the question is presented, whether the Senate will recognize a new Slave State.”

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It has been voted down; and now the question is presented, whether the Senate will recognize a new Slave State.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner raises a critical question about the Senate's decision regarding the admission of a new Slave State.

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