Charles Sumner: “You have done a great service to the colored race, to the science of…”

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You have done a great service to the colored race, to the science of statesmanship, and to your country, all at once.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner praises an individual's contributions to civil rights and governance.

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Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

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Charles Sumner: “You have done a great service to the colored race, to the science of statesmanship, and to your country, all at once.”