Frederick Douglass: “As an injured class we have a right to appeal from the judgment of the…”

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As an injured class we have a right to appeal from the judgment of the mob, to the judgment of the law and to the justice of the American people.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts the right of marginalized communities to seek justice through legal means rather than mob rule.

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