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There are white, yellow, red, and black, with intermediate shades; but no matter what their hue, they are always MEN, gifted with a common manhood and entitled to common rights.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There are white, yellow, red, and black, with intermediate shades; but no matter what their hue, they are always MEN…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that all humans, regardless of color, are entitled to equal rights.
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