Standing on the bent necks of an enslaved race, with four millions of human beings as the black marble Caryatides to support its power, the Slave Oligarchy erects itself into a lordly caste which brooks no opposition.
Sumner vividly describes the power dynamics of the Slave Oligarchy, likening it to a caste system supported by the oppression of enslaved people.
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