On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It is with this final result in view, rather than with any expectation of immediate good, that the outraged slave is induced to meet his master with a complaint.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is with this final result in view, rather than with any expectation of immediate good, that the outraged slave is…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass reveals the strategic thinking of enslaved people who, despite immediate danger, complain to their masters to achieve a long-term reduction in cruelty.
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