On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
But I am here to say that I think the term slavery is sometimes abused by identifying it with that which it is not.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “But I am here to say that I think the term slavery is sometimes abused by identifying it with that which it is not.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that the term "slavery" is often misused, obscuring the unique brutality of American chattel slavery.
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