Charles Sumner: “Now, in constructing a protection to the sailor, it does not seem…”

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Now, in constructing a protection to the sailor, it does not seem prudent to make his wages dependent upon any such quarter.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues against making sailors' wages contingent on the decisions of potentially biased ship masters.

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Charles Sumner: “Now, in constructing a protection to the sailor, it does not seem prudent to make his wages dependent upon any such…”