On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
What we wanted, and what we labored to obtain, was a constitution free from the narrow, selfish, and senseless limitation of the word white.
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Frederick Douglass
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From his autobiography, Douglass describes the abolitionist goal during the Rhode Island suffrage debate.
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