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Thus the very inferiority which the Slave-Master attributes to the African explains the melancholy condition of the communities in which his degradation is declared by law.
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Sumner argues that the perceived inferiority of enslaved Africans reflects the broader societal issues of the communities that enforce such degradation.
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