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Frederick Douglass: “But they cannot show any such thing and they know it.”

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But they cannot show any such thing and they know it.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

He emphasizes that opponents of Black suffrage cannot substantiate their claims against Black voters.

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