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Indeed, those who stare at the half-peck of corn a week, and love to count the lashes on the slave’s back, are seldom the “stuff” out of which reformers and abolitionists are to be made.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Indeed, those who stare at the half-peck of corn a week, and love to count the lashes on the slave’s back, are seldom…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass critiques those who are indifferent to the suffering of slaves, suggesting that true reformers must empathize with their plight.
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