Charles Sumner: “The difference was not between whites and blacks, but between slaves…”

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The difference was not between whites and blacks, but between slaves and freemen.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner points out that the distinction in society is not based on race but on the status of being a slave versus a freeman.

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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “The difference was not between whites and blacks, but between slaves and freemen.”