On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Soldiers with a mark upon them to show that they were inferior to other soldiers; soldiers with a badge of degradation upon them.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Soldiers with a mark upon them to show that they were inferior to other soldiers; soldiers with a badge of degradation…”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass critiques the initial discriminatory conditions under which Black men were allowed to serve in the Union army.
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