Charles Sumner: “Where there are slaves, whose office is work, it is held disreputable…”

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Where there are slaves, whose office is work, it is held disreputable for a white man to soil his skin or harden his hands with honest toil.

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Massachusetts

Source

Sumner discusses the societal stigma against white labor in slaveholding regions, where work is seen as degrading.

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Charles Sumner: “Where there are slaves, whose office is work, it is held disreputable for a white man to soil his skin or harden his…”