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It inverts everything; turns truth upside down, and puts the case of the unfortunate Negro inside out and wrong end foremost every time.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It inverts everything; turns truth upside down, and puts the case of the unfortunate Negro inside out and wrong end…”
Editor's note · Context
Here, Douglass describes how false narratives distort the truth about the African American experience.
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