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Charles Sumner: “It is vain to say, as has been said, that the slaves are few,--amounting to fourteen only in New Mexico; for human…”

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It is vain to say, as has been said, that the slaves are few,--amounting to fourteen only in New Mexico; for human rights, whether in a vast multitude or a solitary individual, are entitled to equal and unhesitating support.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that all human rights deserve equal protection, regardless of the number of individuals affected.

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