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Every Slave-Master on his plantation is a Bashaw, with all the prerogatives of a Turk.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Every Slave-Master on his plantation is a Bashaw, with all the prerogatives of a Turk.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner critiques the absolute power held by slave owners, comparing them to tyrants.
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