On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The reverend slaveholder could always find something of this sort, to justify him in using the lash several times during the week.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The reverend slaveholder could always find something of this sort, to justify him in using the lash several times during…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass observes that religious slaveholders consistently found pretexts to justify their frequent use of the lash against enslaved people.
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