Charles Sumner: “We must, Sir, follow the suggestions of this patriot Unionist, and…”

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We must, Sir, follow the suggestions of this patriot Unionist, and erase the governments under which these outrages are perpetrated.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for action against the governments that enable violence and injustice, urging their removal.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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

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

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Charles Sumner: “We must, Sir, follow the suggestions of this patriot Unionist, and erase the governments under which these outrages are…”