Frederick Douglass: “If kindness were the rule, we should not see advertisements filling…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

If kindness were the rule, we should not see advertisements filling the columns of almost every southern newspaper, offering large rewards for fugitive slaves, and describing them as being branded with irons, loaded with chains, and scarred by the whip.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

From his autobiography, Douglass refutes the idea of benevolent slavery by pointing to the widespread, brutal advertisements for runaway slaves.

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Frederick Douglass: “If kindness were the rule, we should not see advertisements filling the columns of almost every southern newspaper…”

Editor's note · Context