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Out of those ninety, more than seventy-five have borne arms for you in the late war; and yet these people are now positively disfranchised in the constitution it is proposed to recognize.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Out of those ninety, more than seventy-five have borne arms for you in the late war; and yet these people are now…”
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Sumner highlights the contributions of African Americans who fought in the war, emphasizing their disenfranchisement in proposed legislation.
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