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George Boutwell: “If the negroes in America are entitled to freedom from a state of subserviency, are not the colored races in the…”

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If the negroes in America are entitled to freedom from a state of subserviency, are not the colored races in the Philippines entitled to freedom, and that whether they are under the Constitution or beyond its jurisdiction?
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George Boutwell
Massachusetts

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Boutwell argues for the freedom of the colored races in the Philippines, drawing a parallel to the rights of African Americans.

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