On the record
The present bill is for the benefit of the colored race in the District of Columbia.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The present bill is for the benefit of the colored race in the District of Columbia.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner highlights that the bill aims to benefit the colored population in Washington, D.C.
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