On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Yet, let but his own temper be stirred, his own passions get loose, and the slave-owner will go far beyond the overseer in cruelty.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Yet, let but his own temper be stirred, his own passions get loose, and the slave-owner will go far beyond the overseer…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass contrasts the calculated cruelty of the slave system with the potentially far greater brutality of a slaveholder driven by personal anger and passion.
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