On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
While the law was a terror to the free, it was a still greater terror to the escaped bondman.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “While the law was a terror to the free, it was a still greater terror to the escaped bondman.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass distinguishes the terror the Fugitive Slave Act inflicted upon free Black people from the even greater fear it instilled in those who had escaped bondage.
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