Charles Sumner: “Let them vote in Pennsylvania, and you will give more than twenty…”

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Let them vote in Pennsylvania, and you will give more than twenty thousand votes to the Republican cause.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claims that African American votes in Pennsylvania would significantly benefit the Republican Party.

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Charles Sumner: “Let them vote in Pennsylvania, and you will give more than twenty thousand votes to the Republican cause.”