On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The thought that men are made for other and better uses than slavery throve best under the gentle treatment of a kind master.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The thought that men are made for other and better uses than slavery throve best under the gentle treatment of a kind…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass observes that the belief in human dignity and freedom was paradoxically strengthened by the comparatively gentle treatment from a kind master.
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