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Frederick Douglass: Everywhere there is dissatisfaction with the present relation of labor and capital, and to-day no subject wears an…

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Everywhere there is dissatisfaction with the present relation of labor and capital, and to-day no subject wears an aspect more threatening to civilization than the respective claims of capital and labor, landlords and tenants.
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Frederick Douglass

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He warns of the growing tensions between labor and capital, which threaten societal stability.

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