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Charles Sumner: “A trustworthy traveller, who has just visited Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, with which he was already familiar…”

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A trustworthy traveller, who has just visited Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, with which he was already familiar, writes me: “The former masters exhibit a most cruel, remorseless, and vindictive spirit towards the colored people.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner relays a traveler's account of the harsh treatment of colored people in the South.

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