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George F. Hoar: “How our race troubles would disappear if the dominant Saxon would but obey, in his treatment of the weaker races, the…”

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How our race troubles would disappear if the dominant Saxon would but obey, in his treatment of the weaker races, the authority of the fundamental laws on which his own institutions rest!
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar calls for the dominant race to adhere to fundamental laws in their treatment of weaker races.

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