Frederick Douglass: “Let them give up the idea that they can be free while making the Negro…”

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Let them give up the idea that they can be free while making the Negro a slave.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass argues that true freedom cannot exist while others are enslaved, emphasizing the need for universal liberty.

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Frederick Douglass: “Let them give up the idea that they can be free while making the Negro a slave.”