Charles Sumner: “Now it is idle to assert that children compelled to this exceptional…”

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Now it is idle to assert that children compelled to this exceptional journey to and fro are in the enjoyment of Equal Rights.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the forced journey to separate schools undermines claims of equal rights.

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Charles Sumner: “Now it is idle to assert that children compelled to this exceptional journey to and fro are in the enjoyment of Equal…”