Frederick Douglass: “Were the slaveholders at once to abandon this practice, I have not the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

Were the slaveholders at once to abandon this practice, I have not the slightest doubt it would lead to an immediate insurrection among the slaves.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass asserts that ending slave holidays would immediately spark slave insurrections.

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