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Frederick Douglass: “Who does not know that the modesty of womanhood is always and in every such case an object for special protection in a…”

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Who does not know that the modesty of womanhood is always and in every such case an object for special protection in a court of law?
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass emphasizes the importance of protecting women's modesty in legal contexts.

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