On the record
By plunging them into exhausting depths of drunkenness and dissipation, this effect is almost certain to follow.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “By plunging them into exhausting depths of drunkenness and dissipation, this effect is almost certain to follow.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that inducing slaves into drunkenness is a common tactic used by slaveholders to maintain control over them.
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