Charles Sumner: “The Louisiana Bill, though pressed by the Senator from Illinois, was…”

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The Louisiana Bill, though pressed by the Senator from Illinois, was defeated; and the equal rights of the colored race were happily vindicated.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner celebrates the defeat of the Louisiana Bill as a victory for the rights of the colored race.

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Charles Sumner: “The Louisiana Bill, though pressed by the Senator from Illinois, was defeated; and the equal rights of the colored race…”