Frederick Douglass: “Let it be thundered around the world, that, in tyrant-killing, king…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Let it be thundered around the world, that, in tyrant-killing, king hating, people-loving, democratic, Christian America, the seats of justice are filled with judges, who hold their office under an open and palpable bribe, and are bound, in deciding in the case of a man’s liberty, to hear only his accusers!

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

From his autobiography, this passage issues a global challenge, exposing the hypocrisy of America's self-proclaimed democratic and Christian values in the face of judicial corruption and injustice.

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Frederick Douglass: “Let it be thundered around the world, that, in tyrant-killing, king hating, people-loving, democratic, Christian…”

Editor's note · Context