Charles Sumner: “So long as men are in peril whose only offence is that they love the…”

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So long as men are in peril whose only offence is that they love the Nation, or that their skins are not “white,” the Rebellion still exists.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that as long as individuals face danger for their loyalty to the nation or their race, the rebellion persists.

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