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Here are Africans in our country shut out from rights which justly belong to them, simply because Congress continues the word “white” in the Naturalization Laws.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner points out that Africans in America are denied rights due to the continued use of the term 'white' in laws.
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