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Charles Sumner: “And now a Senator from Georgia rises on this floor and denies it.”

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And now a Senator from Georgia rises on this floor and denies it.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner critiques a Senator from Georgia for denying the principle of equality.

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