Charles Sumner: “Every toll paid by this parent, as every step taken by the children…”

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Every toll paid by this parent, as every step taken by the children, testifies to that inequality which I now arraign.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the inequality faced by a colored parent in Boston regarding school access for their children.

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Charles Sumner: “Every toll paid by this parent, as every step taken by the children, testifies to that inequality which I now arraign.”