On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The fact is, public opinion in such a quarter, the reader must see, was not likely to be very efficient in protecting the slave from cruelty.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The fact is, public opinion in such a quarter, the reader must see, was not likely to be very efficient in protecting…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass concludes his description of the isolated slaveholding community by observing that public opinion offered no protection against cruelty for enslaved people there.
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