Disguise it, excuse it, as they will, the fact must glare before the world, and penetrate the conscience too, that the fetters by which the unhappy fugitive is bound are riveted by their tribunal,--that his second life of wretchedness dates from their agency,--that his second birth as a slave proceeds from them.
This quote illustrates Sumner's belief in the profound injustice of slavery and the complicity of the legal system in perpetuating it.
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Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
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