Frederick Douglass: “It is as good against our Republican form of government as it is…”

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It is as good against our Republican form of government as it is against the Negro.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass argues that the arguments against Black suffrage undermine the principles of a democratic government.

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Frederick Douglass: “It is as good against our Republican form of government as it is against the Negro.”