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Frederick Douglass: It was slavery, not its mere incidents I hated.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It was slavery, not its mere incidents I hated.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

Douglass clarifies that his profound hatred was directed at the institution of slavery itself, rather than just the specific cruelties or hardships he endured.

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