Charles Sumner: “We feel the value of it the more since the Republican party appears…”

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We feel the value of it the more since the Republican party appears determined to treat us in the spirit of the Dred Scott decision.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses concern about the Republican party's treatment of African Americans in light of the Dred Scott decision.

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Charles Sumner: “We feel the value of it the more since the Republican party appears determined to treat us in the spirit of the Dred…”