Charles Sumner: “Exposed to every brutality, he will not be heard as a witness against…”

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Exposed to every brutality, he will not be heard as a witness against his oppressor.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the vulnerability of freedmen, who may suffer violence without the ability to testify against their oppressors.

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Charles Sumner: “Exposed to every brutality, he will not be heard as a witness against his oppressor.”