On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Evidently, this society looks upon our “extremity as its opportunity,” and we may expect that it will use the occasion well.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Evidently, this society looks upon our “extremity as its opportunity,” and we may expect that it will use the occasion…”
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Douglass critically analyzes the American Colonization Society's opportunistic exploitation of the difficult circumstances faced by Black Americans.
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