Charles Sumner: “The rights of citizenship in the Colonies were derived from common…”

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The rights of citizenship in the Colonies were derived from common relations to the mother country.

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Massachusetts

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He explains that the rights of citizenship in the colonies were based on their shared relationship with the mother country.

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Charles Sumner: “The rights of citizenship in the Colonies were derived from common relations to the mother country.”