On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The fact, that he gave me any part of my wages, was proof that he suspected that I had a right to the whole of them.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The fact, that he gave me any part of my wages, was proof that he suspected that I had a right to the whole of them.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass observes that his master's partial payment of wages revealed an implicit acknowledgment of his right to his own earnings.
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