On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The answer to that view is, that slavery is itself an abuse; that it lives by abuse; and dies by the absence of abuse.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The answer to that view is, that slavery is itself an abuse; that it lives by abuse; and dies by the absence of abuse.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass argues that slavery is not merely prone to abuses but is fundamentally an abuse in itself.
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