Charles Sumner: “I look with less interest to these struggles of races to live apart…”

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I look with less interest to these struggles of races to live apart for what they want to undo than for what they will prevent being done in future.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses a preference for understanding the future implications of racial struggles rather than focusing solely on past conflicts.

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Charles Sumner: “I look with less interest to these struggles of races to live apart for what they want to undo than for what they will…”