On the record
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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