Frederick Douglass: “Would you have me argue that man is entitled to liberty? that he is…”

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Would you have me argue that man is entitled to liberty? that he is the rightful owner of his own body?

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass questions the need to argue for the fundamental right to liberty, highlighting its obviousness.

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Frederick Douglass: “Would you have me argue that man is entitled to liberty? that he is the rightful owner of his own body?”