On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
The man who robs me of my earnings at the end of each week meets me as a class-leader on Sunday morning, to show me the way of life, and the path of salvation.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The man who robs me of my earnings at the end of each week meets me as a class-leader on Sunday morning, to show me the…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass illustrates the personal experience of hypocrisy, where his enslaver, who denied him his wages, simultaneously assumed a religious leadership role.
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