On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
No colored man was allowed abaft the wheel, and in all seasons of the year, in heat or cold, wet or dry, the deck was his only place.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “No colored man was allowed abaft the wheel, and in all seasons of the year, in heat or cold, wet or dry, the deck was…”
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Douglass describes the severe racial segregation enforced on steamboats, where Black passengers were confined to the open deck regardless of weather.
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