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Our rights are his rights; our equality is his equality; our privileges and immunities are his great freehold.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Our rights are his rights; our equality is his equality; our privileges and immunities are his great freehold.”
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Sumner emphasizes that the rights and privileges of citizens extend to all, including former slaves.
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