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The honorable Senator would be very quick to demand the interference of all the powers of this Government in behalf of an arrested American citizen, if he were black.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The honorable Senator would be very quick to demand the interference of all the powers of this Government in behalf of…”
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Sumner highlights the racial bias in the demand for government intervention on behalf of arrested citizens.
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