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It is a formula of Southern origin and has a strong bias against the Negro.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is a formula of Southern origin and has a strong bias against the Negro.”
Editor's note · Context
He identifies the origins of the term 'Negro Problem' as biased and detrimental to the cause of Black Americans.
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