Frederick Douglass: “Once thoroughly injured, who is he who can repair the damage?”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Once thoroughly injured, who is he who can repair the damage?

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass poses a rhetorical question, lamenting the seemingly irreparable damage inflicted upon a person's character once corrupted by the institution of slavery.

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