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Cydnor Tompkins: “All these wrongs, all these outrages, all these crimes of blood and deeds of horror, were committed to plant the…”

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All these wrongs, all these outrages, all these crimes of blood and deeds of horror, were committed to plant the accursed institution on the soil that had been, by a great national act, dedicated to freedom.
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Cydnor Tompkins
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

He condemns the violence and crimes committed to establish slavery in territories meant for freedom.

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