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If one man says it does not mean a negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If one man says it does not mean a negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?”
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Sumner questions the subjective interpretations of the Declaration's meaning regarding equality.
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