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Charles Sumner: “But the slave is exposed to such corrupting power less than a white person.”

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But the slave is exposed to such corrupting power less than a white person.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner claims that slaves are less susceptible to corrupting influences compared to white individuals.

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