Frederick Douglass: “The office of overseer takes this raw material of vulgarity and…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The office of overseer takes this raw material of vulgarity and brutality, and stamps it as a distinct class of southern society.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass explains how the role of an overseer formalizes and defines a distinct, brutal social class within Southern society.

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