On the record
I had not received any orders, and had violated none, and there was, therefore, no excuse for flogging me.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I had not received any orders, and had violated none, and there was, therefore, no excuse for flogging me.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts his innocence and the unjust nature of the punishment he faced for no wrongdoing.
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