Frederick Douglass: “Thus, the holidays, became part and parcel of the gross fraud, wrongs…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Thus, the holidays, became part and parcel of the gross fraud, wrongs and inhumanity of slavery.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass concludes that the supposed holidays for enslaved people were an integral part of the system's inherent injustice.

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