Frederick Douglass: “Do they not understand that they are advertising themselves as base…”

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Do they not understand that they are advertising themselves as base political ingrates?

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass warns that denying obligations to the Republican party brands individuals as political ingrates.

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Frederick Douglass: “Do they not understand that they are advertising themselves as base political ingrates?”