On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Make a man a slave, and you rob him of moral responsibility.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Make a man a slave, and you rob him of moral responsibility.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass states that enslaving a person inherently deprives them of moral responsibility.
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