Many, under the influence of this prejudice, think their own masters are better than the masters of other slaves; and this, too, in some cases, when the very reverse is true.
From his autobiography, Douglass describes how enslaved people, influenced by prejudice, sometimes believed their own masters were superior, even when untrue.
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