On the record
Yet while any lie may be safely told against the Negro and will be credited by popular prejudice, this lie will find eloquent tongues, bold and shameless enough to tell it.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Yet while any lie may be safely told against the Negro and will be credited by popular prejudice, this lie will find…”
Editor's note · Context
He highlights the ease with which falsehoods about Black people are accepted by society.
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