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The doors of this Chamber swing open, and he sits here the coëqual of any Senator.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The doors of this Chamber swing open, and he sits here the coëqual of any Senator.”
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Sumner asserts that African Americans can now sit as equals in the Senate.
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