On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
He was ever more or less subject to the condition of his slave brother.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He was ever more or less subject to the condition of his slave brother.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass explains how the condition of enslaved people impacted even those who were nominally free in slave states.
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