Charles Sumner: “The theory of compensation is founded on the intolerable assumption of property in man, an idea which often intrudes…”

“The theory of compensation is founded on the intolerable assumption of property in man, an idea which often intrudes into these debates, sometimes from open vindicators, and sometimes from others, who, while yielding, yet reluctantly yield, and thus their conduct is “sicklied o’er” with Slavery.”