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There is an ineffaceable stigma upon the Europeans in their intercourse with those whom they treat as inferior races; there is a perpetual contradiction between their lust and their avarice.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There is an ineffaceable stigma upon the Europeans in their intercourse with those whom they treat as inferior races…”
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This quote addresses the moral implications of European colonialism and the inherent contradictions in their treatment of other races.
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