On the record
There must be no answering back to him; no explanation was allowed a slave, showing himself to have been wrongfully accused.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgThere must be no answering back to him; no explanation was allowed a slave, showing himself to have been wrongfully accused.
This quote underscores the harsh realities of slave life, where any form of defense or explanation was forbidden.
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