On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Now, if the foregoing be an indication of kindness, what is cruelty?
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Now, if the foregoing be an indication of kindness, what is cruelty?”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass uses a rhetorical question to challenge the notion of kindness within the slave system.
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