Frederick Douglass: “The distance then between the black man and the white American…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

The distance then between the black man and the white American citizen, was immeasurable.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass describes the vast social and political chasm separating Black and white Americans during the Civil War era.

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