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Frederick Douglass: She did not deem it impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look her in the face.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
She did not deem it impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look her in the face.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

In his autobiography, Douglass notes how his new mistress defied the dehumanizing expectations of slave-master relations by allowing him to look her in the face.

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