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The American people are wicked, but they are not fools; they will hardly be disposed to incur the expense, to say nothing of the injustice which this measure demands.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The American people are wicked, but they are not fools; they will hardly be disposed to incur the expense, to say…”
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Douglass critiques the moral and financial implications of lynching in America.
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