On the record
It says to the coloured citizen, “We cannot protect you, we therefore propose to join your oppressors.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It says to the coloured citizen, “We cannot protect you, we therefore propose to join your oppressors.”
Editor's note · Context
He conveys the message that the government’s inability to protect Black citizens equates to siding with their oppressors.
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