On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Every slaveholder seeks to impress his slave with a belief in the boundlessness of slave territory, and of his own almost illimitable power.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Every slaveholder seeks to impress his slave with a belief in the boundlessness of slave territory, and of his own…”
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From his autobiography, Douglass explains the deliberate psychological manipulation used by slaveholders to deter enslaved people from seeking freedom.
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