They can pray for him, pay money to have the Bible put into his hand, and missionaries to instruct him; while they despise and totally neglect the heathen at their own doors.
Douglass highlights the hypocrisy of religious groups who support foreign missions while ignoring the suffering and injustice faced by enslaved people at home.
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