Charles Sumner: “It only remains that the Senate should adopt it, and give a new…”

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It only remains that the Senate should adopt it, and give a new assurance of justice to an oppressed race.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for the Senate to pass legislation that would affirm justice for oppressed individuals.

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Charles Sumner: “It only remains that the Senate should adopt it, and give a new assurance of justice to an oppressed race.”