Charles Sumner: “Until your equality in civil rights is assured, the pillar of your…”

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Until your equality in civil rights is assured, the pillar of your citizenship is like the column in honor of Washington,--unfinished and imperfect.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner uses the metaphor of an unfinished column to illustrate the ongoing struggle for civil rights.

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