While there was nothing very profound or learned in either, the low estimate of Negro possibilities induced the belief that both my editorials and my speeches were written by white persons.
Douglass explains that the racist belief in the limited capabilities of Black people led many to assume his writings and speeches were ghostwritten by white individuals.
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