Frederick Douglass: “There was no earthly inducement in the slave’s condition to incite him…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

There was no earthly inducement in the slave’s condition to incite him to labor faithfully.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass explains that the inherent conditions of slavery offered no positive motivation for enslaved people to work diligently.

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Frederick Douglass: “There was no earthly inducement in the slave’s condition to incite him to labor faithfully.”