Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in chapter 15 of C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874.:

... For several years it rejected the petitions to Congress adverse to Slavery, thus, in order to shield Slavery, practically denying the right of petition. It denies to the free colored citizens of Massachusetts the privileges secured to them under the Constitution of the United States, by imprisoning them, and sometimes selling them into Slavery. It insulted and exiled from Charleston and New Orleans, t...
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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) 30,598 850 0 0 0 user votes

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