On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The right to take my earnings was the right of the robber.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The right to take my earnings was the right of the robber.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass equates his master's seizure of his wages to an act of robbery.
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