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This can be done only by removal of the disturbing cause, and the consequent assimilation of the people, so that no man shall call another master.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that true restoration of the Union requires the removal of the power dynamics of slavery.

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