He may be poor, weak, humble, or black,--he may be of Caucasian, Jewish, Indian, or Ethiopian race,--he may be of French, German, English, or Irish extraction; but before the Constitution of Massachusetts all these distinctions disappear.
Sumner asserts that all distinctions based on race or background vanish under the Massachusetts Constitution.
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