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Charles Sumner: “It is sure to come; and one sign of its arrival will be that prevailing sentiment which recognizes the perpetual…”

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It is sure to come; and one sign of its arrival will be that prevailing sentiment which recognizes the perpetual obligations of equal justice to all, and the duty to repair past wrongs by compensations in the future.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner anticipates a future where equal justice is recognized and past wrongs are addressed.

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