Frederick Douglass: “The overseer is generally accuser, judge, jury, advocate and…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The overseer is generally accuser, judge, jury, advocate and executioner.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass vividly portrays the unchecked and comprehensive authority wielded by an overseer on a slave plantation.

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