Charles Sumner: “Will the master sleep less secure when the slave no longer smarts…”

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Will the master sleep less secure when the slave no longer smarts under these revolting atrocities?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions whether masters would feel less secure if slaves were no longer subjected to atrocities.

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Charles Sumner: “Will the master sleep less secure when the slave no longer smarts under these revolting atrocities?”