On the record
Weeks at Chicago, I hardly need say that such men are not to be depended upon for truth in any case where the rights of the Negro are involved.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgWeeks at Chicago, I hardly need say that such men are not to be depended upon for truth in any case where the rights of the Negro are involved.
He asserts that individuals who defraud Black voters cannot be trusted in any matter concerning their rights.
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They cannot be coaxed or driven to vote with their enemies against their friends.
The nation or people which shall comply with them will rise, and those which violate them will fall, and perhaps will disappear altogether.
None now denies the ability of the colored race to acquire knowledge of anything which can be communicated to the human understanding by letters.