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Charles Sumner: “He is always willing to interpret the Constitution for Slavery.”

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He is always willing to interpret the Constitution for Slavery.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner accuses a Senator of consistently interpreting the Constitution to favor slavery.

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