On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The doctrine that submission to violence is the best cure for violence did not hold good as between slaves and overseers.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The doctrine that submission to violence is the best cure for violence did not hold good as between slaves and…”
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From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the dynamics of power and resistance between enslaved people and their overseers.
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