Frederick Douglass: “Mean and contemptible as is all this, it is in keeping with the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Mean and contemptible as is all this, it is in keeping with the character which the life of a slaveholder is calculated to produce.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on how the institution of slavery corrupts the character of slaveholders.

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