Charles Sumner: “Nor can any shade of color be an apology for interference with that…”

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Nor can any shade of color be an apology for interference with that consideration to which character is justly entitled.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that no racial distinction should justify interference with an individual's character.

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Charles Sumner: “Nor can any shade of color be an apology for interference with that consideration to which character is justly entitled.”