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Nor is there anything, within the limit of life, inflicted on a beast, which may not be inflicted on the slave.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Nor is there anything, within the limit of life, inflicted on a beast, which may not be inflicted on the slave.”
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Sumner argues that the treatment of slaves can be as brutal as that of animals.
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