On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
He is a desperate slaveholder, who will shock the humanity of his non-slaveholding neighbors with the cries of his lacerated slave.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He is a desperate slaveholder, who will shock the humanity of his non-slaveholding neighbors with the cries of his…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass observes the social stigma faced by urban slaveholders who openly inflicted extreme cruelty upon their enslaved people.
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