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The freedmen are not excluded from the Homestead Law; but I would provide them with a piece of land where they are.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The freedmen are not excluded from the Homestead Law; but I would provide them with a piece of land where they are.”
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Sumner asserts that freedmen are included in the Homestead Law and advocates for providing them land.
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