On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Here you will see men and women reared like swine for the market.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Here you will see men and women reared like swine for the market.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes the brutal reality of the domestic slave trade, where human beings are treated as livestock.
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