Charles Sumner: “But the argument for Enfranchisement, which is nothing but the…”

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But the argument for Enfranchisement, which is nothing but the complement of Emancipation, is the same.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the case for enfranchisement is as strong as that for emancipation, linking the two causes.

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Charles Sumner: “But the argument for Enfranchisement, which is nothing but the complement of Emancipation, is the same.”