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On many accounts I confess a special interest in it; not the least is that I would have my country above doing injustice, least of all injustice to people of a race too long crushed by injustice.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “On many accounts I confess a special interest in it; not the least is that I would have my country above doing…”
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Sumner expresses his desire for the country to avoid injustice, particularly towards oppressed races.
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