On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
He was to me no longer a slaveholder either in fact or in spirit, and I regarded him as I did myself, a victim of the circumstances of birth, education, law, and custom.
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Frederick Douglass
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Describing his feelings towards his former master, Douglass explains how he came to view him as a fellow victim of societal circumstances rather than solely as an oppressor.
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