On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
These reasons against the measure which were supposed to be unanswerable, were in some sense the most powerful arguments in its favor.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “These reasons against the measure which were supposed to be unanswerable, were in some sense the most powerful arguments…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass argues that the supposed reasons against Black suffrage were actually the strongest arguments for it.
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