Frederick Douglass: “It is generally supposed that slavery, in the state of Maryland…”

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It is generally supposed that slavery, in the state of Maryland, exists in its mildest form, and that it is totally divested of those harsh and terrible peculiarities, which mark and characterize the slave system, in the southern and south-western states of the American union.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass challenges the perception that slavery in Maryland is less severe than in other states.

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Frederick Douglass: “It is generally supposed that slavery, in the state of Maryland, exists in its mildest form, and that it is totally…”

Editor's note · Context