On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
They wielded the lash without any sense of responsibility.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They wielded the lash without any sense of responsibility.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the absolute power and lack of accountability that slave masters exercised over the enslaved, leading to unrestrained violence.
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