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Charles Sumner: “Grant it, and he is admitted to those equal rights which allow no sacrifice.”

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Grant it, and he is admitted to those equal rights which allow no sacrifice.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He argues that granting voting rights leads to true equality and eliminates sacrifice.

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