On the record
They know, or they ought to know that it would take more money than the cost of the late war, to transport even one half of the coloured people of the United States to Africa.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They know, or they ought to know that it would take more money than the cost of the late war, to transport even one half…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes the impracticality of transporting African Americans to Africa.
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