Frederick Douglass: “It has been a part of my mission to expose the absurdity of this…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

It has been a part of my mission to expose the absurdity of this spirit of caste and in some measure help to emancipate men from its control.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass articulates his life's purpose to combat racial caste and liberate people from its influence.

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