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No longer able to hold him as slave, the ancient master means to hold him as dependant, and to keep him in his service, personal and political,--thus substituting a new bondage for the old.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “No longer able to hold him as slave, the ancient master means to hold him as dependant, and to keep him in his service…”
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Sumner describes the new forms of dependency that threaten the freedom of former slaves.
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