The Governor, in the same message, shows that these same colored men, while despoiled of the elective franchise, are nevertheless compelled by taxation to support the public schools, from which their children are excluded.
Sumner points out the injustice faced by colored men who are taxed but denied the right to vote and access to public schools.
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