On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
All sorts of reasons against my appointment, but the true one, were given, and that was withheld more from a sense of shame, than from a sense of justice.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass observes that the real reasons for opposition to his appointment were concealed, likely due to shame rather than a sense of justice.
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