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Charles Sumner: “They will take note that amnesty has been secured, while nothing is secured to them.”

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They will take note that amnesty has been secured, while nothing is secured to them.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner points out the disparity between securing amnesty and the lack of security for the rights of the colored race.

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