Charles Sumner: “There is no confidence on the part of the freed people in the State…”

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There is no confidence on the part of the freed people in the State; they only know the United States Government, and no other will answer.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the lack of trust that freed people have in state authorities, preferring the federal government instead.

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Charles Sumner: “There is no confidence on the part of the freed people in the State; they only know the United States Government, and no…”