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Too long have colored fellow-citizens been deprived of their rights; they must insist upon them.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Too long have colored fellow-citizens been deprived of their rights; they must insist upon them.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that people of color must demand their rights after long-standing deprivation.
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