Charles Sumner: “Will the country now fasten a ban upon them, and lead them to say in…”

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Will the country now fasten a ban upon them, and lead them to say in their hearts that they have been duped?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions whether the country will betray the colored troops and make them feel deceived about their service.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “Will the country now fasten a ban upon them, and lead them to say in their hearts that they have been duped?”