On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
He is as much a piece of property as a horse.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgHe is as much a piece of property as a horse.
In his autobiography, Douglass explains the legal and social status of enslaved individuals as mere chattel.
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The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.
It was in the air, and men breathed it and were permeated by it, often when they were quite unconscious of its presence.
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.