Frederick Douglass: “The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass observes how his new mistress reacted differently to the expected subservience of enslaved people.

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Frederick Douglass: “The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.”