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Frederick Douglass: When a white man steals, robs or murders, his crime is visited upon his own head alone.

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When a white man steals, robs or murders, his crime is visited upon his own head alone.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

In this statement, Douglass contrasts the individual accountability of white criminals with the collective blame placed on Black individuals.

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