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In each case you legislate to the same end,--that the freedman may be maintained in the liberty so tardily accorded; and the legislation is just as “appropriate” in one case as in the other.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In each case you legislate to the same end,--that the freedman may be maintained in the liberty so tardily accorded; and…”
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Sumner states that legislation aimed at protecting freedmen's rights is equally valid in both civil and political contexts.
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