And yet his story is not without passages which quicken admiration and give assurance for the Future,--at times melting to tenderness, and at times inspiring to rage, that these children of God, with so much of His best gifts, should be so wronged by their brother man.
Sumner acknowledges the resilience and potential of Africans despite their suffering, evoking a range of emotions.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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