On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
No man with the feeling of a parent could be less than moved by such a revelation, and I confess that I was shocked, grieved, and indignant.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “No man with the feeling of a parent could be less than moved by such a revelation, and I confess that I was shocked…”
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Douglass expresses his profound shock, grief, and indignation upon discovering the racial discrimination faced by his daughter in school.
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