The Irish people, warm-hearted, generous, and sympathizing with the oppressed everywhere, when they stand upon their own green island, are instantly taught, on arriving in this Christian country, to hate and despise the colored people.
Douglass observes how Irish immigrants, initially sympathetic to the oppressed, are taught to hate and despise Black people upon arriving in America.
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I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.
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