Charles Sumner: “We thought their wealth and leisure led them to be generous; nobody…”

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We thought their wealth and leisure led them to be generous; nobody has ever so plainly shown their accepted necessity of meanness.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on the misconceptions about the wealthy and their moral character in relation to slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “We thought their wealth and leisure led them to be generous; nobody has ever so plainly shown their accepted necessity…”