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The prisons were gorged, and the most respectable citizens were his victims.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The prisons were gorged, and the most respectable citizens were his victims.”
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Sumner highlights the oppressive conditions faced by citizens under a tyrannical regime.
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