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A system of concubinage was practised among them worse than the loose polygamy of the savages: the savage had as many women as consented to become his wives; the colonist as many as he could enslave.
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Sumner critiques the moral failings of colonists who exploit and enslave others, contrasting their practices with those of indigenous peoples.
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