On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Indeed, he may be, and often is, master and father to the same child.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Indeed, he may be, and often is, master and father to the same child.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass highlights the morally corrupt reality of slavery where a man could simultaneously be the master and the biological father of the same enslaved child.
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