Charles Sumner: “Two passages of Scripture, one in the Old Testament and the other in…”

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Two passages of Scripture, one in the Old Testament and the other in the New, both governing this question, attest the Unity of the Human Family.

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Sumner references biblical texts to affirm the unity of the human family, countering racial divisions.

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