Charles Sumner: “If Frederick Douglass and Oscar James Dunn could be made to suffer…”

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If Frederick Douglass and Oscar James Dunn could be made to suffer, how much must others be called to endure!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the widespread suffering caused by racial discrimination, using Douglass and Dunn as examples.

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Charles Sumner: “If Frederick Douglass and Oscar James Dunn could be made to suffer, how much must others be called to endure!”