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Charles Sumner: “I am also thoroughly persuaded that this needed legislation should come from the National Congress.”

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I am also thoroughly persuaded that this needed legislation should come from the National Congress.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner believes that necessary legislation for rights should originate from the National Congress.

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