Charles Sumner: “But I insist, that, beyond all question, by the Territorial statute…”

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But I insist, that, beyond all question, by the Territorial statute colored persons were entitled to vote.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner insists that the Territorial statute entitled colored persons to vote, affirming their rights.

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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “But I insist, that, beyond all question, by the Territorial statute colored persons were entitled to vote.”