On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It neither made him to be humane to his slaves, nor to emancipate them.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It neither made him to be humane to his slaves, nor to emancipate them.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass observes that his master's religious conversion did not result in either humane treatment or the emancipation of his slaves.
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