On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Slavery had no recognition of fathers, as none of families.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Slavery had no recognition of fathers, as none of families.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass powerfully states that the institution of slavery fundamentally denied the existence and importance of both fathers and family units.
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