Frederick Douglass: “Nothing but rigid training, long persisted in, can perfect the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Nothing but rigid training, long persisted in, can perfect the character of the one or the other.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass explains that only intense and prolonged conditioning can mold individuals into the roles of slave or slaveholder.

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Frederick Douglass: “Nothing but rigid training, long persisted in, can perfect the character of the one or the other.”