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The sum of the whole, or the central fact of the whole series, was that the color of the skin must not exclude a loyal man from civil rights.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “The sum of the whole, or the central fact of the whole series, was that the color of the skin must not exclude a loyal…”
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Blaine emphasizes the importance of civil rights regardless of race during the Reconstruction era.
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