Charles Sumner: “I appeal on behalf of all the colored people in this District, who ask…”

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I appeal on behalf of all the colored people in this District, who ask the passage of this bill.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner appeals for the passage of a bill on behalf of the African American community in Washington, D.C.

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Charles Sumner: “I appeal on behalf of all the colored people in this District, who ask the passage of this bill.”