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Charles Sumner: “All now admit that in the Rebel States it is a public enemy and traitor, so that the Rebellion is seen in Slavery, and…”

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All now admit that in the Rebel States it is a public enemy and traitor, so that the Rebellion is seen in Slavery, and Slavery is seen in the Rebellion.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner points out that slavery is recognized as an enemy in the context of the Civil War.

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