On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
To be accused was to be convicted, and to be convicted was to be punished; the one always following the other with immutable certainty.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “To be accused was to be convicted, and to be convicted was to be punished; the one always following the other with…”
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From his autobiography, Douglass describes the arbitrary and brutal nature of justice for enslaved people.
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