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My confidence in him has been unbounded; his relation to myself and family has always been such as to afford him daily opportunities to deceive and injure us, and yet he has never been detected in a serious fault, nor even in an intentional breach of the decorums of his station.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner praises his servant's integrity and reliability despite the potential for deception in their relationship.

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