Charles Sumner: “In the face of the National Constitution, interpreted, first by…”

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In the face of the National Constitution, interpreted, first by itself, and then by the Declaration of Independence, how can this pretension prevail?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions how any pretension of racial discrimination can stand against the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

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Charles Sumner: “In the face of the National Constitution, interpreted, first by itself, and then by the Declaration of Independence, how…”