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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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The slave is sometimes whipped into the confession of offenses which he never committed.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass exposes how enslaved people were often tortured into confessing to crimes they did not commit.
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