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It is on account of Slavery, with the Black Code, which is its offspring.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is on account of Slavery, with the Black Code, which is its offspring.”
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Sumner attributes the offensive nature of a prison to the influence of slavery and its associated laws.
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