Charles Sumner: “Thus, for instance, in the fourth section, it is expressly provided that “every such freedman shall be treated in all…”

“Thus, for instance, in the fourth section, it is expressly provided that “every such freedman shall be treated in all respects as a free man, with all proper remedies in courts of justice, and no power or control shall be exercised with regard to him except in conformity with law.” Language cannot go further.”