On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
He seemed to wish to assure them, that his tears over poor, lost and ruined sinners, and his pity for them, did not reach to the blacks who tilled his fields.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He seemed to wish to assure them, that his tears over poor, lost and ruined sinners, and his pity for them, did not…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes a slaveholder's religious piety that did not extend to the enslaved people he exploited.
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