On the record
The laborer in the North answers to a tribunal; in the South, to a master, incensed, passionate, vindictive in justice executed upon all symptoms of resisting manhood!
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Editor's note · Context
Beecher critiques the differing social structures of the North and South, emphasizing the power dynamics at play.
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