On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The fact that I was colored and they were colored had so long made us equal, that the contradiction now presented was too much for them.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The fact that I was colored and they were colored had so long made us equal, that the contradiction now presented was…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass explains the difficulty colored waiters had in accepting his elevated social position, which challenged their ingrained understanding of racial equality among themselves.
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