Frederick Douglass: “The slave is sometimes whipped into the confession of offenses which…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The slave is sometimes whipped into the confession of offenses which he never committed.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass exposes how enslaved people were often tortured into confessing to crimes they did not commit.

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Frederick Douglass: “The slave is sometimes whipped into the confession of offenses which he never committed.”