Charles Sumner: “And now I submit that such an Act for the Loyal States is only the…”

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And now I submit that such an Act for the Loyal States is only the just complement to our action in the Rebel States.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that legislation for Loyal States should complement actions taken in Rebel States.

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

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Charles Sumner: “And now I submit that such an Act for the Loyal States is only the just complement to our action in the Rebel States.”