Charles Sumner: “But strike out the word “white” from your statutes, and you will do an…”

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But strike out the word “white” from your statutes, and you will do an act of justice whose influence will be immeasurable.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner advocates for the removal of the word 'white' from statutes as a significant act of justice.

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