On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
There is, after all, but little difference in the measure of contentment felt by the slave-child neglected and the slaveholder’s child cared for and petted.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “There is, after all, but little difference in the measure of contentment felt by the slave-child neglected and the…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass makes a surprising comparison, suggesting that the fundamental measure of contentment can be similar for both neglected slave children and privileged slaveholder children.
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