Nor can any acuteness of reason distinguish between the original bill of sale from the kidnapper, by which the unhappy African was transferred in Congo or Guinea, and the certificate of the Commissioner, by which, when once again in Freedom, he is reduced anew to bondage.
Sumner argues that the legal documents used to enslave individuals are morally indistinguishable from the original act of kidnapping.
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