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Call it high-water mark, if you will; but this is the true line for judgment, and not the low-water mark of Slavery, which is always adopted by the apologists for Caste.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Call it high-water mark, if you will; but this is the true line for judgment, and not the low-water mark of Slavery…”
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Sumner critiques the standards used to judge African people, advocating for a higher benchmark.
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