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The indignity offered to the colored child is worse than any compulsory exposure; and here not only the child suffers, but the race to which he belongs is degraded, and the whole community is hardened in wrong.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The indignity offered to the colored child is worse than any compulsory exposure; and here not only the child suffers…”
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Sumner condemns the indignities faced by colored children and their broader societal implications.
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