On the record
On the other hand, who does not know that a lawless mob, composed in part of the basest men, can have no such respect for the modesty of women, as has a court of law.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “On the other hand, who does not know that a lawless mob, composed in part of the basest men, can have no such respect…”
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Douglass contrasts the respect for women's modesty in courts with the disregard shown by lawless mobs.
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