Frederick Douglass: “The mistake of the last session was the attempt to do this very thing…”

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The mistake of the last session was the attempt to do this very thing, by a renunciation of its power to secure political rights to any class of citizens, with the obvious purpose to allow the rebellious States to disfranchise, if they should see fit, their colored citizens.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass critiques the previous Congress for attempting to deny political rights to any class of citizens, particularly colored citizens.

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Frederick Douglass: “The mistake of the last session was the attempt to do this very thing, by a renunciation of its power to secure…”

Editor's note · Context