Charles Sumner: “The true reason may be traced to the unhappy prejudices engendered by…”

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The true reason may be traced to the unhappy prejudices engendered by Slavery, and to the policy of sustaining this wrong.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner identifies the prejudices created by slavery as a root cause of exclusionary practices.

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Charles Sumner: “The true reason may be traced to the unhappy prejudices engendered by Slavery, and to the policy of sustaining this…”