Charles Sumner: “To all who insist that Congress may sustain Slavery in the national…”

On the record

To all who insist that Congress may sustain Slavery in the national capital I put the question, Where in the Constitution is the power found?

Said by

Massachusetts

Source

Sumner challenges those who believe Congress can support slavery by asking for constitutional justification.

More from Charles Sumner

Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

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

Other voices in this conversation

Charles Sumner: “To all who insist that Congress may sustain Slavery in the national capital I put the question, Where in the…”