On the record
They do not seem to see that if the Government votes money to send the Negro to Africa, that the Government may employ means to complete the arrangement and compel us to go.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They do not seem to see that if the Government votes money to send the Negro to Africa, that the Government may employ…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass critiques the idea of sending African Americans to Africa, emphasizing the government's role in their fate.
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