Frederick Douglass: “But the kindness of the slave-master only gilded the chain, it…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

But the kindness of the slave-master only gilded the chain, it detracted nothing from its weight or strength.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts that a slave-master's kindness merely disguises the inherent brutality of bondage without lessening its oppressive nature.

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