On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
Silvery-headed age and sprightly youth, maids and matrons, had to undergo the same indelicate inspection.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Silvery-headed age and sprightly youth, maids and matrons, had to undergo the same indelicate inspection.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this describes the indignity and lack of respect shown to enslaved people of all ages and genders during a valuation.
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