Charles Sumner: “In the great debt of the whites to the blacks there is a bank from…”

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In the great debt of the whites to the blacks there is a bank from which, for generations to come, the latter can draw.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the long-term moral obligation of white people to support and uplift Black communities due to historical injustices.

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Charles Sumner: “In the great debt of the whites to the blacks there is a bank from which, for generations to come, the latter can draw.”