On the record
So far from this being the case, in that event, you would see many old and familiar faces back again to the south.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “So far from this being the case, in that event, you would see many old and familiar faces back again to the south.”
Editor's note · Context
He challenges the belief that freed slaves would migrate north, suggesting many would return to the South instead.
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