Frederick Douglass: “I tell you, my friends, humanity is never driven to such an unnatural…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

I tell you, my friends, humanity is never driven to such an unnatural course of life, without great wrong.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the profound injustice that forces people into desperate and unnatural ways of living.

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