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Since this legislation, Equal Rights have prevailed in the Common Schools of Massachusetts, and nobody would go back to the earlier system.
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Sumner highlights the progress of equal rights in Massachusetts' public schools following legislative changes.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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