On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Brothers and sisters we were by blood; but slavery had made us strangers.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Brothers and sisters we were by blood; but slavery had made us strangers.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes how the institution of slavery severed natural family connections, turning blood relatives into strangers.
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