No human being can call himself master, with impious power to separate husband and wife, to sell child from parent, to shut out the opportunities of religion, to close the gates of knowledge, and to rob another of his labor and all its fruits.
Sumner argues against the inhumanity of slavery, emphasizing the fundamental rights of individuals.
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