On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The domestic hearth, with its holy lessons and precious endearments, is abolished in the case of a slave-mother and her children.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The domestic hearth, with its holy lessons and precious endearments, is abolished in the case of a slave-mother and her…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass asserts that the institution of slavery fundamentally destroyed the sacred domestic sphere and its nurturing influence for enslaved mothers and their offspring.
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