On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
To make a man a slave was to rob him of moral responsibility.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “To make a man a slave was to rob him of moral responsibility.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that the act of enslaving a person inherently strips them of their moral responsibility.
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