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And it is shown that in a servile war the master must be loser; for his enemies are his chattels.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “And it is shown that in a servile war the master must be loser; for his enemies are his chattels.”
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Sumner argues that in a servile war, the master ultimately loses, as their slaves are their enemies.
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