Charles Sumner: “Let our colored fellow-citizens vote in Maryland, and that State, now…”

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Let our colored fellow-citizens vote in Maryland, and that State, now so severely tried, will be fixed for Human Rights forever.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner believes that allowing African Americans to vote in Maryland will solidify Human Rights in the state.

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Charles Sumner: “Let our colored fellow-citizens vote in Maryland, and that State, now so severely tried, will be fixed for Human Rights…”