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To call such a condition Liberty is preposterous.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “To call such a condition Liberty is preposterous.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner criticizes the notion that the oppressive conditions faced by freedmen can be considered liberty.
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