Frederick Douglass: “We are no longer four millions of slaves, but six millions of freemen.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

We are no longer four millions of slaves, but six millions of freemen.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass highlights the dramatic demographic and social shift for Black Americans from slavery to freedom.

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