Charles Sumner: “In America feudalism never prevailed, and our Revolution severed the…”

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In America feudalism never prevailed, and our Revolution severed the only cord by which we were connected with this ancient system.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that feudalism did not take root in America, highlighting the uniqueness of the American Revolution.

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