Frederick Douglass: “Everybody, in the south, wants the privilege of whipping somebody…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Everybody, in the south, wants the privilege of whipping somebody else.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the pervasive desire for power and control inherent in the slaveholding society of the American South.

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