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Saturday, December 1, 2012

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, DEC 1, 1850: "The Nature of Slavery." Extract from a Lecture on Slavery, at Rochester, December 1, 1850 | My Bondage and My Freedom | Frederick Douglass |

 Photo: On this day in history, December 1, 1850, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech in Rochester, New York, entitled "the Nature of Slavery." Douglass described the various methods to make someone a slave for life. These methods were commonly used by slave owners. During the speech Douglass said, "It's first aim is to destroy all sense of high moral and religious responsibility. It reduces man to a machine and cuts him off from his Maker. It hides, from him, the laws of God, and leaves him to grope his way from time to eternity in the dark. And it leaves him under the arbitrary and despotic control of frail, depraved, and sinful men."

"The Nature of Slavery." Extract from a Lecture on Slavery, at Rochester, December 1, 1850 | My Bondage and My Freedom | Frederick Douglass | Lit2Go ETC
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