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Those citizens in the Rebel States who throughout the darkness of the Rebellion have kept their faith will be protected, and the freedmen rescued from hands that threaten to cast them back into Slavery.
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Sumner promises protection for loyal citizens in rebel states and rescue for freedmen from threats of re-enslavement.
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