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When these false reasoners assert that the condition of the emancipated slave is wretched and deplorable, they partly tell the truth, and I agree with them.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
In this quote, Douglass agrees that the condition of freed slaves can be dire, but he challenges the reasons given for it.
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