On the record
I cannot consent by my vote, and I never will consent by my vote, to give sanction to a law that punishes a man for teaching another to read the word of God.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I cannot consent by my vote, and I never will consent by my vote, to give sanction to a law that punishes a man for…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner passionately opposed laws that criminalized teaching literacy, emphasizing the importance of education and religious instruction.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Other voices in this conversation
