Charles Sumner: “The bill would have been hastened on its way, and a people long…”

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The bill would have been hastened on its way, and a people long enslaved and degraded would be at last lifted to equality.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the bill's passage would elevate formerly enslaved individuals to equality.

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Charles Sumner: “The bill would have been hastened on its way, and a people long enslaved and degraded would be at last lifted to…”