Charles Sumner: “But by no reach of learning, no torture of fact, no effrontery of…”

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But by no reach of learning, no torture of fact, no effrontery of dogma, can any science show that he is not a man.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues against the notion of racial inferiority, affirming that no evidence can deny the humanity of any individual.

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Charles Sumner: “But by no reach of learning, no torture of fact, no effrontery of dogma, can any science show that he is not a man.”