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Only when Napoleon, in an evil hour, sought to reënslave him, did those scenes of blood occur, which exhibit less the cruelty of the slave than the atrocious purpose of the white man.
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Sumner reflects on the historical consequences of Napoleon's actions regarding slavery.
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