Frederick Douglass: “He will find that in assuming our avocation he also has assumed our…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

He will find that in assuming our avocation he also has assumed our degradation.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass warns that an Irish laborer who takes on the work traditionally assigned to Black people will also inherit their social degradation.

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