On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Slaveholders might sometimes have confidence in the piety of some of their slaves, but the slaves seldom had confidence in the piety of their masters.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Slaveholders might sometimes have confidence in the piety of some of their slaves, but the slaves seldom had confidence…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass observes the inherent distrust enslaved people held for the religious sincerity of their masters, contrasting it with masters' views of their slaves' piety.
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