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Say what you will, the slave is the humblest and the grandest figure of our times.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Say what you will, the slave is the humblest and the grandest figure of our times.”
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Sumner reflects on the profound significance of the enslaved individual in contemporary society.
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