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It is also seen in the further fact that nowhere else on the globe, except in the United States, are colored people subject to insult and outrage on account of color.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is also seen in the further fact that nowhere else on the globe, except in the United States, are colored people…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that the United States uniquely subjects people of color to discrimination and violence based on their skin color.
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