And even the meanness is lost in the absurdity of its associate pretension, that the African, thus despoiled of all earnings, is saved from poverty, and that for his own good he must work for his master, and not for himself.
Sumner criticizes the absurdity of justifying slavery as beneficial for the enslaved.
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