On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The oath of an(sic) two villains is sufficient, under this hell-black enactment, to send the most pious and exemplary black man into the remorseless jaws of slavery!
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The oath of an(sic) two villains is sufficient, under this hell-black enactment, to send the most pious and exemplary…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this passage highlights how the Fugitive Slave Act allows false testimony to condemn even the most virtuous black men to slavery.
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