On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The American people are bound, if they are or can be bound to anything, to keep the north gate of the South open to black and white and to all the people.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The American people are bound, if they are or can be bound to anything, to keep the north gate of the South open to…”
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From his autobiography, Douglass asserts the right to free movement for all people, especially in the post-slavery South.
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