On the record
History does not present an example of a transformation in the character of any class of men so extreme, so unnatural and so complete as is implied in this charge.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “History does not present an example of a transformation in the character of any class of men so extreme, so unnatural…”
Editor's note · Context
He highlights the rarity of extreme transformations in human character, particularly in the context of racial accusations.
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