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Holidays were among slaveholders' most effective means of suppressing insurrection
Drawn from what Frederick Douglass said
What Frederick Douglass actually said
- Frederick Douglass American abolitionist and writer (about 1817 to 1895)
From what I know of the effect of these holidays upon the slave, I believe them to be among the most effective means in the hands of the slaveholder in keeping down the spirit of insurrection.
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↗Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845)gutenberg.org
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