So long as the slave himself is not allowed to testify, so long the laws will be justly obnoxious to the charge of actually authorizing a white person to inflict any outrage upon him, even to the extent of taking life with impunity.
Sumner argues that the inability of slaves to testify allows white individuals to commit atrocities without consequence.
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