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To speak of ‘race and color’ in that instrument would be an insult to the men who framed it.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “To speak of ‘race and color’ in that instrument would be an insult to the men who framed it.”
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Sumner argues that referencing race in the Constitution would disrespect its framers.
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