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Frederick Douglass: “Honest men no longer believe that there is any ground to apprehend Negro supremacy.”

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Honest men no longer believe that there is any ground to apprehend Negro supremacy.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

Douglass asserts that the fear of African American dominance is no longer credible among honest individuals.

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