What though he has paid for himself and wife or daughter the same fare which passengers of the favored class pay, he finds that there is a vast difference between what he gets and what they get for precisely the same money.
Grimké points out the stark contrast in treatment received by African Americans despite paying the same fare as white passengers.
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