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Charles Sumner: “The Senator becomes here the representative of Caste; and where, Sir?”

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The Senator becomes here the representative of Caste; and where, Sir?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that the Senator represents a caste system that is unjust.

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