On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Suspicion and torture are the approved methods of getting at the truth, here.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Suspicion and torture are the approved methods of getting at the truth, here.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass critically observes in his autobiography that on slave plantations, suspicion and torture were the accepted means of extracting information or confessions.
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