Charles Sumner: “In other words, everywhere, in everything regulated by law, they must…”

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In other words, everywhere, in everything regulated by law, they must be equal with all their fellow-citizens.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner insists that all citizens, regardless of race, must be treated equally under the law.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “In other words, everywhere, in everything regulated by law, they must be equal with all their fellow-citizens.”