Harriet Ann Jacobs - If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a south...

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If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wenn Sie von den Greueln der Sklaverei völlig überzeugt sein wollen, begeben Sie sich auf eine südliche Plantage und bezeichnen Sie sich als Negro-Händler. Dann wird es keine Verschleierung geben; und Sie werden Dinge sehen und hören, die Ihnen unter den Menschen mit unsterblichen Seelen unmöglich erscheinen.

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