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Crime, even against white persons in the presence of colored persons, must go unpunished.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Crime, even against white persons in the presence of colored persons, must go unpunished.”
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Sumner states that crimes against white individuals in the presence of colored individuals often go unpunished.
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