The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes of citizens and that all alike shall be subject to the same punishment.
-- Lyman Trumbull
   
Lyman Trumbull   Name:
Lyman Trumbull
Type:
Politician
Nationality:
American
Birth:
October 12, 1813
Death:
June 25, 1896
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