On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
They are food for the cotton-field and the deadly sugar-mill.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They are food for the cotton-field and the deadly sugar-mill.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes the ultimate purpose and brutal exploitation of enslaved people in the Southern economy.
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