The slaves toil at home, while the masters work at rebellion; and thus, by singular fatality, is this doomed race, without taking up arms, actually engaged in feeding, supporting, succoring, invigorating those battling for their enslavement.
Sumner highlights the paradox of slaves indirectly supporting their oppressors in the rebellion.
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