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You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your asses, and your dogs, and mules, You use in abject and in slavish parts, Because you bought them.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your asses, and your dogs, and mules, You use in abject and in…”
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Sumner critiques the dehumanization of enslaved individuals by comparing them to animals, highlighting the moral implications of slavery.
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