Indeed, even those who cherish the bitterest feelings towards us have admitted that the apprehension that negroes might be employed in their stead, dictated the policy of excluding them from trades altogether.
In his autobiography, Douglass explains the economic fear driving the exclusion of Black people from skilled trades.
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