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If these poor slaves were permitted to give you thanks, their dark and gloomy prisons for once would be made vocal with praise, and their tears of sorrowing and bitterness be changed to tears of joy.
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Sumner imagines the gratitude of enslaved people if they could express their thanks, highlighting the emotional weight of their suffering.
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