On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
But, whatever it is, or is not, if it gets the name of “impudence,” the party charged with it is sure of a flogging.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “But, whatever it is, or is not, if it gets the name of “impudence,” the party charged with it is sure of a flogging.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass observes that any act labeled "impudence" by a master inevitably leads to a flogging for an enslaved person, regardless of its true nature.
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