On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
He may be a freeman; and yet his child may be a chattel.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He may be a freeman; and yet his child may be a chattel.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass points out the profound injustice within the slave system where a free man could still have his own child born into chattel slavery.
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