Charles Sumner: “Their rights are found in Equality before the Law; nor can they be…”

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Their rights are found in Equality before the Law; nor can they be called to renounce one jot of this.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes that the rights of individuals are rooted in equality before the law, which cannot be compromised.

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Charles Sumner: “Their rights are found in Equality before the Law; nor can they be called to renounce one jot of this.”