Frederick Douglass: “They know if they can once divest the Negro of the elective franchise…”

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They know if they can once divest the Negro of the elective franchise and nullify his citizenship, the partition wall between him and slavery will no longer exist, and no man can tell where the reaction will stop.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

He warns that stripping Black people of their voting rights would lead to a regression to slavery-like conditions.

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Frederick Douglass: “They know if they can once divest the Negro of the elective franchise and nullify his citizenship, the partition wall…”

Editor's note · Context