On the record
Taking advantage of the general disposition in this country to impute crime to color, white men color their faces to commit crime and wash off the hated color to escape punishment.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass points out the lengths to which individuals will go to escape the consequences of racial prejudice.
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