Charles Sumner: “A colored Senator would be as good as a Constitutional Amendment…”

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A colored Senator would be as good as a Constitutional Amendment, making all backward steps impossible.

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Sumner argues that electing a colored senator would solidify the gains made in civil rights.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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Charles Sumner: “A colored Senator would be as good as a Constitutional Amendment, making all backward steps impossible.”