On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
At present, the slaveholders blind them to this competition, by keeping alive their prejudice against the slaves, as men—not against them as slaves.
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Frederick Douglass
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In his autobiography, Douglass explains how slaveholders use racial prejudice to prevent poor white laborers from recognizing their shared economic interests with enslaved people.
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