Charles Sumner: “Security for the Future was all that our nation required, and this was…”

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Security for the Future was all that our nation required, and this was found in provisions of Law and Constitution establishing Equal Rights.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the nation only required security for the future through laws establishing equal rights after the Civil War.

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Charles Sumner: “Security for the Future was all that our nation required, and this was found in provisions of Law and Constitution…”