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It was freedom alone that he was solicitious of establishing, the supremacy of democratic ideas and institutions in the new-born nation.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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Grimké underscores Sumner's commitment to freedom and democratic ideals in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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