Frederick Douglass: “But to the colored man accused of crime in the Southern States, a…”

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But to the colored man accused of crime in the Southern States, a different rule is almost everywhere applied.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass highlights the systemic injustice faced by Black individuals accused of crimes in the Southern States.

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Frederick Douglass: “But to the colored man accused of crime in the Southern States, a different rule is almost everywhere applied.”