Charles Sumner: “Thus does that terrible judgment, once a ban to the colored race, now…”

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Thus does that terrible judgment, once a ban to the colored race, now testify to their indisputable rights as “citizens.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that a past judgment that oppressed the colored race now affirms their rights as citizens.

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Charles Sumner: “Thus does that terrible judgment, once a ban to the colored race, now testify to their indisputable rights as “citizens.”