Charles Sumner: “But that instruction must come from the Government, through the…”

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But that instruction must come from the Government, through the military, untrammelled by any fractious jobbing of State Legislatures.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the necessity of government-led instruction for freed people, free from local political interference.

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Charles Sumner: “But that instruction must come from the Government, through the military, untrammelled by any fractious jobbing of State…”