On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
If it be broken toward the slave on Sunday, it will be toward the master on Monday.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “If it be broken toward the slave on Sunday, it will be toward the master on Monday.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the moral decay that slavery inflicts upon both the enslaved and the enslaver.
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