Charles Sumner: “And from these two considerations it is argued that it cannot be…”

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And from these two considerations it is argued that it cannot be invoked for the protection of four million people whose only offence is a dark skin.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the rights of people with dark skin should be protected under the law.

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