On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
There was even at that time something a little inconsistent and laughable, in my mind, in the blending of prayer with punishment.
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Frederick Douglass
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From his autobiography, Douglass recalls his childhood perception of the inherent contradiction between religious instruction and physical abuse on the plantation.
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