Frederick Douglass: “Its whole public is made up of, and divided into, three…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Its whole public is made up of, and divided into, three classes—SLAVEHOLDERS, SLAVES and OVERSEERS.

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Frederick Douglass

Source

From his autobiography, Douglass describes the stark social hierarchy of Colonel Lloyd's plantation.

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