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It is a simple, but most cogent demonstration, by the application thereto of the established principles of International Law, of the systematic injustice to which we as a people have been subjected.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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He presents a compelling argument demonstrating the injustices faced by the nation through the lens of International Law.

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