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I confess a true pleasure in learning that the colored people are at last rising to take the good cause into their own hands, because through them its triumph is certain.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I confess a true pleasure in learning that the colored people are at last rising to take the good cause into their own…”
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Sumner expresses optimism about the empowerment of Black communities in advocating for their rights and achieving justice.
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