On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
We had no more voice in that decision than the brutes among whom we were ranked.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We had no more voice in that decision than the brutes among whom we were ranked.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this highlights the complete absence of agency and the dehumanizing treatment of enslaved people in decisions affecting their lives.
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