The assignment of the abandoned or forfeited plantations to one department of the Government, and the protection and support of the emancipated people to another, is a fundamental error productive of incalculable evils, and cannot be too soon or too thoroughly corrected.
Sumner criticizes the government's handling of abandoned plantations and its impact on emancipated people.
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