The idea that annexation meant degradation to a colored nation, was altogether fanciful; there was no more dishonor to Santo Domingo in making her a State of the American union, than in making Kansas, Nebraska, or any other territory such a State.
From his autobiography, Douglass argues against the notion that annexing Santo Domingo would degrade a colored nation.
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