Frederick Douglass: “Thus they became a part and parcel of the gross wrongs and inhumanity…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Thus they became a part and parcel of the gross wrongs and inhumanity of slavery.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass concludes his analysis of slave holidays by asserting their fundamental role in perpetuating the injustices of the institution.

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Frederick Douglass: “Thus they became a part and parcel of the gross wrongs and inhumanity of slavery.”