Charles Sumner: “By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested…”

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By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested of the human character, and declared to be a mere chattel.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner explains that under the law of slavery, a person is stripped of their humanity and treated as property.

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Charles Sumner: “By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested of the human character, and declared to be a mere…”