On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Bad as is the condition of the negro to-day at the South, there was a time when it was flagrantly and incomparably worse.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Bad as is the condition of the negro to-day at the South, there was a time when it was flagrantly and incomparably…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass offers a historical perspective, acknowledging the current hardships of Black people in the South while emphasizing the even greater suffering of the past.
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