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It is true that the same laws profess to punish the murder of a slave as a capital offence, and also to punish severely any mutilation or other cruel treatment of him.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is true that the same laws profess to punish the murder of a slave as a capital offence, and also to punish severely…”
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Sumner points out the hypocrisy in laws that punish the murder of slaves while denying them the right to testify.
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