On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
Few are willing to incur the odium attaching to the reputation of being a cruel master; and above all things, they would not be known as not giving a slave enough to eat.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Few are willing to incur the odium attaching to the reputation of being a cruel master; and above all things, they would…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass explains the social disincentives for urban slaveholders to be perceived as cruel or neglectful of their enslaved people's basic needs.
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