On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The guilt of a slave was always and everywhere presumed, and the innocence of the slaveholder, or employer, was always asserted.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The guilt of a slave was always and everywhere presumed, and the innocence of the slaveholder, or employer, was always…”
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From his autobiography, Douglass describes the inherent bias of the legal system against enslaved people.
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