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Charles Sumner: “Especially was he precocious in asserting the equal rights of the African slave.”

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Especially was he precocious in asserting the equal rights of the African slave.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Here, Sumner highlights the precociousness of an individual in advocating for the rights of African slaves.

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