Charles Sumner: “Jefferson, when he penned that paragraph of the Declaration of…”

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Jefferson, when he penned that paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, intended it to embrace the African population?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions whether Thomas Jefferson intended the Declaration of Independence to include African Americans.

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Charles Sumner: “Jefferson, when he penned that paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, intended it to embrace the African…”