On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
He will convince the slave that his wrath is far more terrible and boundless, and vastly more to be dreaded, than that of the underling overseer.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgHe will convince the slave that his wrath is far more terrible and boundless, and vastly more to be dreaded, than that of the underling overseer.
Douglass describes how a slaveholder's personal wrath instills a deeper and more profound terror in enslaved people than the cruelty of an overseer.
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