Frederick Douglass: “I have known slaveholders resort to cunning tricks, with a view of…”

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I have known slaveholders resort to cunning tricks, with a view of getting their slaves deplorably drunk.

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Frederick Douglass

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He recounts how slaveholders would use cunning tricks to get their slaves excessively drunk, demonstrating the cruelty of their tactics.

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Frederick Douglass: “I have known slaveholders resort to cunning tricks, with a view of getting their slaves deplorably drunk.”