Charles Sumner: “Or if you do not place the rights of the colored people foremost, will…”

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Or if you do not place the rights of the colored people foremost, will you not at least place them side by side with those of former Rebels?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues for the equal consideration of the rights of colored people alongside those of former rebels.

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Charles Sumner: “Or if you do not place the rights of the colored people foremost, will you not at least place them side by side with…”