Charles Sumner: “With piteous voice they ask for protection; you thrust them back…”

On the record

With piteous voice they ask for protection; you thrust them back defenceless into the cruel den of former masters.

Said by

Massachusetts

Source

Sumner emphasizes the vulnerability of freedmen, calling for their protection against former oppressors.

More from Charles Sumner

Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

Other voices in this conversation

Charles Sumner: “With piteous voice they ask for protection; you thrust them back defenceless into the cruel den of former masters.”