On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Slaves would sometimes fight with each other, and even die at each other’s hands, but there were very few who were not held in awe by a white man.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Slaves would sometimes fight with each other, and even die at each other’s hands, but there were very few who were not…”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the pervasive psychological control slaveholders exerted over enslaved people.
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