Charles Sumner: “The enlistment of colored persons must be encouraged by legislation in…”

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The enlistment of colored persons must be encouraged by legislation in every possible form; for enlistment is emancipation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that legislation should encourage the enlistment of colored persons as it leads to their emancipation.

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Charles Sumner: “The enlistment of colored persons must be encouraged by legislation in every possible form; for enlistment is…”