On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
A slaveholder, bent on finding fault, will hatch up a dozen a day, if he chooses to do so, and each one of these shall be of a punishable description.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “A slaveholder, bent on finding fault, will hatch up a dozen a day, if he chooses to do so, and each one of these shall…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass explains how a slaveholder determined to find fault could invent numerous punishable offenses daily, demonstrating arbitrary power.
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