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Charles Sumner: “From this we derive new and solemn assurance of the Equality of Men, as an ordinance of God.”

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From this we derive new and solemn assurance of the Equality of Men, as an ordinance of God.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner expresses a belief in the divine foundation of human equality.

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