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Charles Sumner: “As to Slavery, the Church is exerting a most corrupting influence.”

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As to Slavery, the Church is exerting a most corrupting influence.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that the Church's influence is detrimental to the anti-slavery movement.

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