Charles Sumner: “Without it Emancipation may for a while seem at fault, and the general…”

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Without it Emancipation may for a while seem at fault, and the general welfare gravely suffer.

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He warns that without proper care for freedmen, the goals of emancipation may falter and society could suffer.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “Without it Emancipation may for a while seem at fault, and the general welfare gravely suffer.”