On the record
Still further, I do not believe that “color” can be a “qualification” for an elector.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Still further, I do not believe that “color” can be a “qualification” for an elector.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner firmly states that race should not be a criterion for voting eligibility.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Other voices in this conversation
