On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Exodus is medicine, not food; it is for disease, not health; it is not to be taken from choice, but necessity.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Exodus is medicine, not food; it is for disease, not health; it is not to be taken from choice, but necessity.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, using a metaphor to describe the Black exodus as a necessary response to dire conditions rather than a preferred solution.
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