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Charles Sumner: “And now it is my duty to warn you that the national freedman still needs your care.”

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And now it is my duty to warn you that the national freedman still needs your care.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner reminds his audience of the ongoing need to support the national freedman.

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