On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Slaves, as well as slaveholders, use it with an unsparing hand.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Slaves, as well as slaveholders, use it with an unsparing hand.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass observes that the practice of physical punishment, learned from slaveholders, was also adopted and used by enslaved people themselves.
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