On the record
We utterly deny that the colored people of the South are too lazy to work, or that they are indifferent to their physical wants; as already said, they are the workers of that section.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass refutes the stereotype that colored people are lazy, asserting their role as diligent workers.
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