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Charles Sumner: “The Black Code is the incident of Slavery, and as such it must fall with the principal.”

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The Black Code is the incident of Slavery, and as such it must fall with the principal.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that the Black Code is a byproduct of Slavery and must be abolished alongside it.

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