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Frederick Douglass: “There must be no answering back to him; no explanation was allowed a slave, showing himself to have been wrongfully…”

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There must be no answering back to him; no explanation was allowed a slave, showing himself to have been wrongfully accused.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

This quote underscores the harsh realities of slave life, where any form of defense or explanation was forbidden.

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