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The freedman, despoiled of the elective franchise, is only half a man.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The freedman, despoiled of the elective franchise, is only half a man.”
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Sumner argues that without the right to vote, freed individuals are not fully recognized as citizens.
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