Like any other embodiment of social and material interest peculiar to a given community, slavery generated its own sentiments, its own morals, manners, and religion; and begot a character in all around it in favor of its own existence.
Douglass discusses how slavery shaped the morals and character of society, creating a distinct culture around it.
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