Charles Sumner: “He is, indeed, no Abolitionist of Slavery; let him be called, Sir…”

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He is, indeed, no Abolitionist of Slavery; let him be called, Sir, Abolitionist of Freedom.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner provocatively labels those who oppose freedom as 'Abolitionists of Freedom' rather than of slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “He is, indeed, no Abolitionist of Slavery; let him be called, Sir, Abolitionist of Freedom.”