On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The difference between the white slave, and the black slave, is this: the latter belongs to one slaveholder, and the former belongs to all the slaveholders, collectively.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The difference between the white slave, and the black slave, is this: the latter belongs to one slaveholder, and the…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass distinguishes between the direct enslavement of Black people and the indirect enslavement of poor white laborers.
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