Charles Sumner: “Even if few, you cannot afford to let them suffer wrong; but they are…”

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Even if few, you cannot afford to let them suffer wrong; but they are numerous,--in Florida counted by the hundred, and even the thousand.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that even a small number of individuals suffering injustice should not be ignored, highlighting their significant presence in Florida.

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Charles Sumner: “Even if few, you cannot afford to let them suffer wrong; but they are numerous,--in Florida counted by the hundred, and…”