On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
If his moral perception leads him in a course contrary to his value as property, the slaveholder declares he shall not exercise it.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “If his moral perception leads him in a course contrary to his value as property, the slaveholder declares he shall not…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass explains how the moral agency of enslaved people was denied whenever it conflicted with their economic utility to their masters.
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