Charles Sumner: “This is their apology; and it is the apology also of the masters of…”

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This is their apology; and it is the apology also of the masters of the Inquisition, as they ply the torture amidst the shrieks of their victim.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner draws a parallel between the justifications of slave enforcers and the torturers of the Inquisition, critiquing their moral rationale.

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