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The champions of this idea are the only men who glory in the good old times when the slaves were under the lash and were bought and sold in the market with horses, sheep, and swine.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass critiques those who romanticize the era of slavery, highlighting the dehumanization involved.
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