Charles Sumner: “There is not elsewhere in the English language so powerful an argument…”

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There is not elsewhere in the English language so powerful an argument on the Barbarism of Slavery.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claims that no argument in English is as powerful against the barbarism of slavery as the one he references.

More from Charles Sumner

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

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

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

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Charles Sumner: “There is not elsewhere in the English language so powerful an argument on the Barbarism of Slavery.”