On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
With power behind him, at work for him, and which cannot be taken from him, the negro of the South may wisely bide his time.
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Frederick Douglass
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From his autobiography, advising African Americans in the South to be patient, on the enduring power of their constitutional rights.
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