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Whatever the claims of property, slaves are men; and I but repeat an unquestionable truth of morals, confirmed by the Declaration of Independence, when I say that there can be no property in men.
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Sumner argues for the humanity of enslaved individuals, asserting that they cannot be considered property.
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