Charles Sumner: “Aroused by the disabilities of Protestants in France, amounting to absolute outlawry, sad heritage of that fatal…”

“Aroused by the disabilities of Protestants in France, amounting to absolute outlawry, sad heritage of that fatal measure, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Lafayette, though himself a Catholic, entered into earnest efforts for their liberation, and thus enrolled himself among champions of Religious Freedom.”