Frederick Douglass: “The very fact therefore that the old master-classes of the South felt…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

The very fact therefore that the old master-classes of the South felt that their interests were opposed to those of the freedmen, instead of being a reason against their enfranchisement, was the most powerful one in its favor.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass argues that the opposition of former slaveholders to Black suffrage was, paradoxically, the strongest justification for granting it.

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Frederick Douglass: “The very fact therefore that the old master-classes of the South felt that their interests were opposed to those of the…”

Editor's note · Context