Frederick Douglass: “They began to put on airs, and talk about the “niggers” taking the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

They began to put on airs, and talk about the “niggers” taking the country, saying we all ought to be killed; and, being encouraged by the journeymen, they commenced making my condition as hard as they could, by hectoring me around, and sometimes striking me.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass describes the escalating racial abuse and violence he experienced from his fellow apprentices, encouraged by journeymen, in the Baltimore shipyard.

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Frederick Douglass: “They began to put on airs, and talk about the “niggers” taking the country, saying we all ought to be killed; and, being…”

Editor's note · Context