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The Boston Committee adopt the warning, but apply it not to the black in heart, but the black in skin.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Boston Committee adopt the warning, but apply it not to the black in heart, but the black in skin.”
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Sumner points out the hypocrisy in how warnings are applied differently based on skin color.
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