On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
The holidays are part and parcel of the gross fraud, wrong, and inhumanity of slavery.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The holidays are part and parcel of the gross fraud, wrong, and inhumanity of slavery.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass condemns slave holidays as an integral part of the systemic deception and cruelty of slavery.
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