Charles Sumner: “All will confess the humanity of the proposition to enfranchise the…”

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All will confess the humanity of the proposition to enfranchise the families of colored persons who have borne arms for their country.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner acknowledges the moral imperative to enfranchise families of colored soldiers who served their country.

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