Charles Sumner: “I ask the Senate to set its face against the spirit of Caste now…”

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I ask the Senate to set its face against the spirit of Caste now prevailing in the common schools, against the injustice now installed in the jury.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner called on the Senate to oppose the prevailing spirit of caste in schools and the injustices in the jury system.

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Charles Sumner: “I ask the Senate to set its face against the spirit of Caste now prevailing in the common schools, against the injustice…”