Frederick Douglass: “On the other hand, the slave was a fixture; he had no choice, no goal…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

On the other hand, the slave was a fixture; he had no choice, no goal, but was pegged down to one single spot, and must take root there or nowhere.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass describes the enforced immobility of enslaved people, who were bound to a single location without agency or choice.

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