Charles Sumner: “These men are rapidly inaugurating a condition of things, a feeling…”

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These men are rapidly inaugurating a condition of things, a feeling among the freedmen, that will, if not checked, ultimate in insurrection.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that unchecked violence against freedmen could lead to rebellion.

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Charles Sumner: “These men are rapidly inaugurating a condition of things, a feeling among the freedmen, that will, if not checked…”