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Charles Sumner: “These outrages are particularly flagrant in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, and are of such a character as to…”

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These outrages are particularly flagrant in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, and are of such a character as to demand most imperatively the interposition of the National Executive.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner highlights the urgent need for federal intervention in response to violent acts in the South.

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