Frederick Douglass: “Everything like rational enjoyment was frowned upon, and only those…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Everything like rational enjoyment was frowned upon, and only those wild and low sports peculiar to semi-civilized people were encouraged.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass describes the limited and debasing forms of recreation permitted to enslaved people.

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