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Even if the whites are afraid that the blacks will become an oligarchy and rule their former masters, this is no reason for a continued denial of rights.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Even if the whites are afraid that the blacks will become an oligarchy and rule their former masters, this is no reason…”
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Sumner argues that fears of a black oligarchy do not justify the ongoing denial of rights to black individuals.
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