Charles Sumner: “That the African was no exception to the prevailing principle in its…”

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That the African was no exception to the prevailing principle in its original vigor appears in subsequent cases.

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Sumner argues that the principle of freedom applied equally to Africans, as demonstrated in later cases.

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Charles Sumner: “That the African was no exception to the prevailing principle in its original vigor appears in subsequent cases.”