But even in cases where the law conveys no authority, where wanton cruelty is inflicted in defiance of the law, how easy it must be to escape detection, when the testimony of a negro, or a thousand negroes, would not avail against a white man!
He argues that the law's failure to protect black individuals allows for unchecked cruelty by white individuals.
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