Frederick Douglass: “The conditions were favorable for remembrance of all his good deeds…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

The conditions were favorable for remembrance of all his good deeds, and generous extenuation of all his evil ones.

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Frederick Douglass

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Reflecting on the death of his former master, Douglass observes how society tends to remember the good and excuse the bad deeds of the deceased.

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Frederick Douglass: “The conditions were favorable for remembrance of all his good deeds, and generous extenuation of all his evil ones.”