Frederick Douglass: “While there remains such an idea as the right of each State to control…”

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While there remains such an idea as the right of each State to control its own local affairs,—an idea, by the way, more deeply rooted in the minds of men of all sections of the country than perhaps any one other political idea,—no general assertion of human rights can be of any practical value.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass argues that the concept of state rights undermines the universal assertion of human rights.

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Frederick Douglass: “While there remains such an idea as the right of each State to control its own local affairs,—an idea, by the way, more…”

Editor's note · Context