Charles Sumner: “If this be so, then with what show of consistency or reason can they…”

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If this be so, then with what show of consistency or reason can they object to the children of both classes sitting side by side in school?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues for the integration of schools, emphasizing the inconsistency of opposing mixed-race education.

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Charles Sumner: “If this be so, then with what show of consistency or reason can they object to the children of both classes sitting side…”