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A slave with courage and address to escape from his master has the qualities needed for a soldier of Freedom; but existing statutes require his arrest and sentence to bondage.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner argues that the qualities needed for a soldier of freedom are present in escaped slaves, yet the law punishes them.
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