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Not less important than education is the homestead, which must be secured to the freedmen, so that at least every head of a family may have a piece of land.
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Sumner highlights the significance of land ownership for freedmen as essential for their stability and independence.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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