Charles Sumner: “Suffice it to say, that Emancipation will fail in beneficence, if you…”

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Suffice it to say, that Emancipation will fail in beneficence, if you do not assure to the former slave all the rights of the citizen.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that true Emancipation requires granting former slaves all the rights of citizenship to be effective and beneficial.

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Charles Sumner: “Suffice it to say, that Emancipation will fail in beneficence, if you do not assure to the former slave all the rights…”