On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
She either thought it unnecessary, or she lacked the depravity indispensable to shutting me up in mental darkness.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “She either thought it unnecessary, or she lacked the depravity indispensable to shutting me up in mental darkness.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on his mistress's initial reluctance to fully embrace the cruelty required of a slaveholder.
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