Frederick Douglass: “A woman’s love is not to be annihilated by the peremptory command of…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

A woman’s love is not to be annihilated by the peremptory command of any one, whose breath is in his nostrils.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

In his autobiography, Douglass asserts the enduring nature of a woman's love despite the oppressive commands of a master.

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Frederick Douglass: “A woman’s love is not to be annihilated by the peremptory command of any one, whose breath is in his nostrils.”