Frederick Douglass: “He could not only be deaf to the appeals of the helpless against the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

He could not only be deaf to the appeals of the helpless against the aggressor, but he could himself commit outrages deep, dark, and nameless.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass describes the extreme cruelty and moral insensitivity exhibited by a slaveholder.

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