On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Attend the auction; see men examined like horses; see the forms of women rudely and brutally exposed to the shocking gaze of American slave-buyers.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Attend the auction; see men examined like horses; see the forms of women rudely and brutally exposed to the shocking…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes the dehumanizing spectacle of slave auctions.
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