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It would do away with the office of overseer, entirely; or, in other words, it would convert the master himself into an overseer.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass argues that allowing slaves to appeal against overseers would undermine the institution of slavery itself, revealing the inherent contradictions in slaveholding.
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