On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
They could cripple or kill without fear of consequences.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They could cripple or kill without fear of consequences.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass highlights the horrifying reality that slave masters faced no legal or social repercussions for inflicting severe injury or death upon enslaved people.
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