Frederick Douglass: “By that most foul and fiendish of all human decrees, the liberty and…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

By that most foul and fiendish of all human decrees, the liberty and person of every man are put in peril.

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Frederick Douglass

Source

From his autobiography, this passage denounces the Fugitive Slave Act as a decree that endangers the liberty and person of every individual.

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Frederick Douglass: “By that most foul and fiendish of all human decrees, the liberty and person of every man are put in peril.”