Charles Sumner: “Property in man is abandoned; but they now insist that the freedman…”

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Property in man is abandoned; but they now insist that the freedman shall not enjoy political rights.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the denial of political rights to freedmen despite the abolition of slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “Property in man is abandoned; but they now insist that the freedman shall not enjoy political rights.”