I was fully convinced, that, whatever difference there is between the Negro and European in the conformation of the nose and the color of the skin, there is none in the genuine sympathies and characteristic feelings of our common nature.--MUNGO PARK, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, (London, 1816,) Vol.
Sumner argues for the equality of all humans, regardless of physical differences, citing Mungo Park's observations.
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