On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The old doctrine that submission is the very best cure for outrage and wrong, does not hold good on the slave plantation.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The old doctrine that submission is the very best cure for outrage and wrong, does not hold good on the slave…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass refutes the conventional wisdom that submission can resolve injustice, specifically in the brutal environment of a slave plantation.
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