One was roasted very recently,--not after public trial, according to the forms of law, as at the fires of Smithfield, but by a lawless crowd, suddenly assembled, who in this way made themselves ministers of a cruel vengeance.
Sumner describes a specific instance of mob violence against a slave, emphasizing the lawlessness surrounding such acts.
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