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Frederick Douglass: “It is more to him than fire, swords, ballot-boxes, or bayonets.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It is more to him than fire, swords, ballot-boxes, or bayonets.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context

From his autobiography, Douglass emphasizes the paramount importance of labor as a means of empowerment for Black people.

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