Frederick Douglass: “In its thirst for blood and its rage for vengeance, the mob has…”

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In its thirst for blood and its rage for vengeance, the mob has blindly, boldly and defiantly supplanted sheriffs, constables and police.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass condemns the mob for taking the law into its own hands, undermining civil authority and justice.

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