On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The majority of slaveholders find it necessary, to insure obedience, at times, to avail themselves of the utmost extent of the law, and many go beyond it.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The majority of slaveholders find it necessary, to insure obedience, at times, to avail themselves of the utmost extent…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass explains how slaveholders rely on the full force of brutal laws, and often exceed them, to control enslaved people.
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