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As I approach it, I see the recognition of a caste and the disfranchisement of a race.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “As I approach it, I see the recognition of a caste and the disfranchisement of a race.”
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Sumner critiques societal structures that enforce racial discrimination.
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