Frederick Douglass: “Yes, they were the legitimate fruit of slavery, and were second in…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Yes, they were the legitimate fruit of slavery, and were second in villainy only to the slaveholders themselves who made such a class possible.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

From his autobiography, Douglass condemns slave traders as a direct product of the institution of slavery.

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Frederick Douglass: “Yes, they were the legitimate fruit of slavery, and were second in villainy only to the slaveholders themselves who made…”