On the record
Not only is slavery on trial, but unfortunately, the enslaved people are also on trial.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Not only is slavery on trial, but unfortunately, the enslaved people are also on trial.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass points out that both slavery and enslaved people are being judged in the public sphere.
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