Frederick Douglass: “What is this but the acknowledgement that the slave is a moral…”

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What is this but the acknowledgement that the slave is a moral, intellectual, and responsible being.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts that the acknowledgment of slaves as moral beings is evident in the laws governing their treatment.

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Frederick Douglass: “What is this but the acknowledgement that the slave is a moral, intellectual, and responsible being.”