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> # I say nothing of father, for he is shrouded in a mystery I have never been able to penetrate. Slavery does away with fathers, as it does away with families. Slavery has no use for either fathers or families, and its laws do not recognize their existence in the social arrangements of the plantation.

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## More from Frederick Douglass

1. > The ground which a colored man occupies in this country is, every inch of it, sternly disputed.

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2. > If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the …

[Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/Frederick-Douglass/4/ "Permalink to quote 4")
3. > I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn o…

[Permalink to quote \#1](https://quotesby.net/Frederick-Douglass/1/ "Permalink to quote 1")

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