On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
For the present, it is enough to affirm the equal manhood of the Negro race.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “For the present, it is enough to affirm the equal manhood of the Negro race.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass declares that the fundamental truth requiring no debate is the equal humanity and dignity of the Negro race.
Share
More from Frederick Douglass
Jan 1, 1881
Nothing but the shot-gun or the bull-dozer’s whip can keep them from voting their convictions.
Jan 1, 1881
Still another ground of hope I find in the fact that colored men are strong in their gratitude to benefactors, and firm in their political convictions.
Jan 1, 1881
No power beneath the sky can make an ignorant, wasteful, and idle people prosperous, or a licentious people happy.