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Charles Sumner: “I will answer the Senator, that no one can condemn more strongly than I do any indignity visited upon a person merely…”

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I will answer the Senator, that no one can condemn more strongly than I do any indignity visited upon a person merely because of color.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner strongly condemns any indignity inflicted on individuals based on their color.

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