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Charles Sumner: “What is the National Government, coextensive with the Republic, if fellow-citizens, counted by the million, can be shut…”

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What is the National Government, coextensive with the Republic, if fellow-citizens, counted by the million, can be shut out from equal rights in travel, in recreation, in education, and in other things, all contributing to human necessities?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that the National Government must ensure equal rights for all citizens in various aspects of life.

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