Charles Sumner: “He must be made a whole man; and this can be only by investing him…”

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He must be made a whole man; and this can be only by investing him with all the rights of an American citizen.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the necessity of granting full citizenship rights to freed individuals to ensure their complete humanity.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

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Charles Sumner: “He must be made a whole man; and this can be only by investing him with all the rights of an American citizen.”