Charles Sumner: “The question is, whether you are allowed to disfranchise freemen on…”

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The question is, whether you are allowed to disfranchise freemen on account of color,--whether you are allowed to deny freemen rights as citizens.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner raises the critical issue of whether it is permissible to deny voting rights to citizens based on their race.

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