On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The reader will see that the good old rule—“a man is to be held innocent until proved to be guilty”—does not hold good on the slave plantation.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The reader will see that the good old rule—“a man is to be held innocent until proved to be guilty”—does not hold good…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass highlights in his autobiography how the fundamental legal principle of presumed innocence was completely disregarded under the system of slavery.
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