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As Congress made a Civil Rights Law, so should it have made a Political Rights Law.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “As Congress made a Civil Rights Law, so should it have made a Political Rights Law.”
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Sumner argues that just as Congress enacted a Civil Rights Law, it should also create a Political Rights Law.
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