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It is “the rights of free farmers,” not in certain particulars, but in all particulars,--not merely in exemption from the authority of their masters, but in complete enfranchisement.
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Editor's note · Context
Sumner elaborates that the rights acquired by freedmen encompass complete enfranchisement, not just limited freedoms.
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