On the record
I lay special emphasis on the fact that it is the mob and the mob only that the country has recognised and accepted as its accredited witness against the Negro.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I lay special emphasis on the fact that it is the mob and the mob only that the country has recognised and accepted as…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes that the mob is unjustly recognized as a legitimate witness against Black individuals.
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