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Charles Sumner: “President Grant, except as a soldier summoned by the terrible accident of war, never did anything against Slavery, nor…”

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President Grant, except as a soldier summoned by the terrible accident of war, never did anything against Slavery, nor has he at any time shown any sympathy with the colored race, but rather indifference, if not aversion.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that President Grant showed indifference towards the plight of the colored race.

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