"Still, though a slaveholder, I freely acknowledge my obligations as a man; and I am bound to treat humanely the fellow creatures whom God has entrusted to my charge. ... It is certainly in the interest of all, and I am convinced it is the desire of every one of us, to treat our slaves with proper kindness."— Letter from former South Carolina governor James Henry Hammond, 1845"Standing with God and the crushed and bleeding slave on this occasion, I will, in the name of humanity which is outrag

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