On the record
Things have changed since then, and the old excuses are not now available.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Things have changed since then, and the old excuses are not now available.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass notes that societal changes have rendered old excuses for lynching ineffective, indicating a shift in the narrative surrounding racial violence.
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