On the record
He ought to have been there, if only to show what American slavery and American freedom have done for him.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He ought to have been there, if only to show what American slavery and American freedom have done for him.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass argues that the presence of educated Black individuals would have showcased the progress made since slavery.
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