Frederick Douglass: “There was no earthly reason why the blacks should not hate and dread…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

There was no earthly reason why the blacks should not hate and dread the poor whites when in a state of slavery, for it was from this class that their masters received their slave catchers, slave drivers, and overseers.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

From a delegation's reply to President Andrew Johnson, this explains the historical reasons for animosity between enslaved blacks and poor whites.

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Frederick Douglass: “There was no earthly reason why the blacks should not hate and dread the poor whites when in a state of slavery, for it…”

Editor's note · Context