Charles Sumner: “Until all this is done, in every particular, and beyond possibility of…”

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Until all this is done, in every particular, and beyond possibility of question, it is vain to say that Emancipation has been accomplished.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that true Emancipation cannot be claimed until all rights are fully secured for freedmen.

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Charles Sumner: “Until all this is done, in every particular, and beyond possibility of question, it is vain to say that Emancipation has…”