Frederick Douglass: “We are here, not merely as American citizens, but as colored American…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

We are here, not merely as American citizens, but as colored American citizens.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts the unique identity and perspective of Black Americans gathered to mourn President Garfield.

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