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In advocating the cause of an oppressed people I have only acted according to my conscience.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In advocating the cause of an oppressed people I have only acted according to my conscience.”
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Sumner reflects on his actions in support of an oppressed people as a matter of conscience.
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