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While we recognize the color line as a hurtful force, a mountain barrier to our progress, wounding our bleeding feet with its flinty rocks at every step, we do not despair.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “While we recognize the color line as a hurtful force, a mountain barrier to our progress, wounding our bleeding feet…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes the painful impact of racial barriers on progress while maintaining hope for the future.
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