“ I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. ”
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845). copy citation
Author | Frederick Douglass |
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Source | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave |
Topic | reason darkness morality |
Date | 1845 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23/23-h/23-h.htm |