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So long as that picture endures, so long as that historic battle haunts the memory, you cannot forget the African fellow-soldier of Prescott and Warren.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that the memory of African American soldiers in historic battles should not be forgotten.

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