On the record
The slave feels the sanction of an oath hardly less than many white persons of inferior condition.
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Sumner argues that slaves possess a moral obligation to tell the truth, comparable to that of some white individuals in lower social standings.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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