Charles Sumner: “It is not too much to say, that in every section and at every point it…”

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It is not too much to say, that in every section and at every point it is repugnant to admitted principles of Constitutional Law.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claims that the Fugitive Slave Act contradicts established principles of Constitutional Law.

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