It cannot be doubted that in so far as this exodus tends to promote restlessness in the colored people of the South, to unsettle their feeling of home, and to sacrifice positive advantages where they are, for fancied ones in Kansas or elsewhere, it is an evil.
In his autobiography, Douglass concludes that the exodus movement is detrimental because it fosters restlessness, disrupts the sense of home, and sacrifices tangible benefits for uncertain prospects.
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