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Charles Sumner: “Nursed in the sentiments of Caste, receiving it with the earliest food of knowledge, they are unable to eradicate it…”

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Nursed in the sentiments of Caste, receiving it with the earliest food of knowledge, they are unable to eradicate it from their natures, and then weakly and impiously charge upon our Heavenly Father the prejudice derived from an unchristian school.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner discusses how ingrained caste systems affect individuals' perceptions and beliefs.

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