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A man is not blemished by deeds and indulgencies, upon a plantation, among slaves, which in the North, would strike him through with infamy and house him in the penitentiary.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgA man is not blemished by deeds and indulgencies, upon a plantation, among slaves, which in the North, would strike him through with infamy and house him in the penitentiary.
Beecher contrasts the societal acceptance of certain behaviors on plantations in the South with the severe repercussions they would face in the North.
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