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It forces upon him the idea that he is for ever doomed to be a stranger and a sojourner in the land of his birth, and that he has no permanent abiding place here.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It forces upon him the idea that he is for ever doomed to be a stranger and a sojourner in the land of his birth, and…”
Editor's note · Context
He describes the detrimental effects of colonization on the sense of belonging for African Americans in their own country.
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