Charles Sumner: “Of course the Constitution of the United States and every principle of…”

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Of course the Constitution of the United States and every principle of Liberty were falsified; but historical truth was falsified also.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the falsification of both the Constitution and historical truth in the Dred Scott case.

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Charles Sumner: “Of course the Constitution of the United States and every principle of Liberty were falsified; but historical truth was…”