On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It is not from a generous unconcern for the slave’s labor that this cessation from labor is allowed, but from a prudent regard to the safety of the slave system.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass explains that slaveholders allowed breaks from labor not out of generosity, but to safeguard the institution of slavery.
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