Frederick Douglass: “There were, of course, no conflicting rights of property, for all the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

There were, of course, no conflicting rights of property, for all the people were the property of one man, and they could themselves own no property.

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Frederick Douglass

Source

Douglass describes the complete denial of property rights and personhood under the institution of slavery.

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