On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
He was free from the individual master, but the slave of society.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He was free from the individual master, but the slave of society.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass vividly describes the post-emancipation reality for Black people, who, though no longer bound to individual owners, remained subjugated by societal structures.
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