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The Slave-Master hugs his disgusting practice as the Carib of the Gulf hugged Cannibalism, and as Brigham Young now hugs Polygamy.
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Sumner condemns the slave-master's embrace of their practice, comparing it to historical examples of cannibalism and polygamy.
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