Charles Sumner: “Faithful men who had been trampled down by the Rebellion were trampled…”

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Faithful men who had been trampled down by the Rebellion were trampled down still more by these Presidential governments.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the continued oppression of loyal citizens by the government following the Rebellion.

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