Charles Sumner: “Such learned debate on the rights of man dependent on complexion would…”

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Such learned debate on the rights of man dependent on complexion would excite a smile, if it did not awaken indignation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes the absurdity of legal debates that tie human rights to skin color.

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Charles Sumner: “Such learned debate on the rights of man dependent on complexion would excite a smile, if it did not awaken indignation.”