Charles Sumner: “We send white men there, and the dread of going is a stain on his…”

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We send white men there, and the dread of going is a stain on his character: what character has the negro to lose?

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Massachusetts

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He argues that the societal stigma of imprisonment does not apply to slaves, questioning the nature of their punishment.

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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

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Charles Sumner: “We send white men there, and the dread of going is a stain on his character: what character has the negro to lose?”