Frederick Douglass: “I was anxious to observe the bearing of the colored members, and the…”

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I was anxious to observe the bearing of the colored members, and the result was most humiliating.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass reflects on the disappointment he felt witnessing the behavior of colored church members during a religious ceremony.

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