On the record
Thus in all the relations of life and death we are met by the color line.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Thus in all the relations of life and death we are met by the color line.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that the color line affects every aspect of life and death for Black individuals.
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