Charles Sumner: “Here is nothing of religion; it is the political law, the law of…”

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Here is nothing of religion; it is the political law, the law of justice, the law of Equal Rights.

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Sumner argues that true justice and equal rights should not be conflated with religious practices.

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Charles Sumner: “Here is nothing of religion; it is the political law, the law of justice, the law of Equal Rights.”