Charles Sumner: “I bear always in my mind and on my heart the honor of the ‘Old Bay…”

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I bear always in my mind and on my heart the honor of the ‘Old Bay State,’ and the claims of our holy cause of Liberty upon my devotion and efforts.

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Massachusetts

Source

Sumner expresses his deep commitment to the state of Massachusetts and the cause of liberty.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “I bear always in my mind and on my heart the honor of the ‘Old Bay State,’ and the claims of our holy cause of Liberty…”