Frederick Douglass: “It will be seen that the good old rule, “A man is to be held innocent…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

It will be seen that the good old rule, “A man is to be held innocent until proved to be guilty,” did not hold good on the slave plantation.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass highlights the fundamental injustice of slavery by contrasting it with a basic principle of legal fairness.

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