Charles Sumner: “When I voted for that article, I meant what it said,--that Slavery…”

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When I voted for that article, I meant what it said,--that Slavery should cease absolutely, entirely, and completely.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner clarifies his intention that slavery must end completely with the passage of the amendment.

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Charles Sumner: “When I voted for that article, I meant what it said,--that Slavery should cease absolutely, entirely, and completely.”