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His ancestors for two hundred and seventy years have lived and laboured and died, on American soil, and millions of his posterity have inherited Caucasian blood.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “His ancestors for two hundred and seventy years have lived and laboured and died, on American soil, and millions of his…”
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Douglass points out the historical connection of African Americans to America through their ancestors.
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