Happily, Slavery no longer exists to disturb the peace of our Republic; but it is not yet dead in other lands, while among us the impious pretension of this great wrong still survives against the African because he is black and against the Chinese because he is yellow.
Sumner reflects on the ongoing legacy of slavery and racial prejudice in the world.
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