Charles Sumner: “Will not colored fellow-citizens see that those in power no longer…”

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Will not colored fellow-citizens see that those in power no longer postpone this essential safeguard?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner urges colored citizens to demand their rights from those in power.

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Charles Sumner: “Will not colored fellow-citizens see that those in power no longer postpone this essential safeguard?”