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Every slave declared free by that Proclamation is entitled to his freedom as much as you and I.
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Sumner asserts that every freed slave has an equal claim to freedom as any citizen, emphasizing equality.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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