On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and inexcusable, in an overseer, thus to deal with a woman.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes the specific, brutal, and gendered rules governing violence against enslaved people by overseers.
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