To have a home, the Negro must have a country, and he is an enemy to the moral progress of the Negro, whether he knows it or not, who calls upon him to break up his home in this country, for an uncertain home in Africa.
Douglass emphasizes the importance of a stable home for African Americans in the context of their identity and belonging.
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