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Charles Sumner: “It springs from the necessity of the case, as well as from the Rights of Man.”

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It springs from the necessity of the case, as well as from the Rights of Man.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the inherent necessity of addressing human rights issues.

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