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Charles Sumner: “Human Rights were in jeopardy; who that had a heart to feel could be indifferent?”

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Human Rights were in jeopardy; who that had a heart to feel could be indifferent?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner appeals to the moral obligation to act against injustices threatening human rights.

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