On the record
Such a position of the colored people of this country will prove about as comfortable as between the upper and nether millstone.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Such a position of the colored people of this country will prove about as comfortable as between the upper and nether…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes the uncomfortable position of African Americans in society, likening it to being trapped between two grinding stones.
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