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Even in the lands of Slavery, the slave-trader is loathed as an ignoble character, from whom the countenance is turned away; and can the Slave-Hunter be more regarded, while pursuing his prey in a land of Freedom?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Even in the lands of Slavery, the slave-trader is loathed as an ignoble character, from whom the countenance is turned…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner contrasts the disdain for slave traders with the perception of slave hunters in free lands.
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