On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
He may, if he pleases, cripple or kill, without fear of consequences; except in so far as it may concern profit or loss.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He may, if he pleases, cripple or kill, without fear of consequences; except in so far as it may concern profit or loss.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass exposes the chilling reality that a slaveholder's power over an enslaved person's life and body is limited only by economic considerations, not moral or legal ones.
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