On the record
Hence, there is no legal protection in fact, whatever there may be in form, for the slave population; and any amount of cruelty may be inflicted on them with impunity.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes the lack of real legal protection for enslaved individuals, allowing for unchecked cruelty.
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