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Even in our colonial days, there were Americans whose fate, while in the hands of these slave-masters, excited general sympathy.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Even in our colonial days, there were Americans whose fate, while in the hands of these slave-masters, excited general…”
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Sumner notes that even during colonial times, there were Americans whose plight under slave-masters garnered sympathy, highlighting early awareness of slavery's injustices.
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