On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The guilt of a slave is always, and everywhere, presumed; and the innocence of the slaveholder or the slave employer, is always asserted.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The guilt of a slave is always, and everywhere, presumed; and the innocence of the slaveholder or the slave employer, is…”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the legal and social presumption of guilt against enslaved people, contrasting it with the assumed innocence of slaveholders.
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