On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It would astonish one, unaccustomed to a slaveholding life, to see with what wonderful ease a slaveholder can find things, of which to make occasion to whip a slave.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It would astonish one, unaccustomed to a slaveholding life, to see with what wonderful ease a slaveholder can find…”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass comments on the arbitrary nature of punishment and the ease with which slaveholders found reasons to inflict violence.
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