Charles Sumner: “By these tokens is Man known everywhere to be Man, and by these tokens…”

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By these tokens is Man known everywhere to be Man, and by these tokens is he everywhere entitled to the Rights of Man.

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Sumner emphasizes the universal rights of all humans based on their shared humanity.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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Charles Sumner: “By these tokens is Man known everywhere to be Man, and by these tokens is he everywhere entitled to the Rights of Man.”