Frederick Douglass: “These gentlemen are very learned, very eloquent and very able, but I…”

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These gentlemen are very learned, very eloquent and very able, but I cannot follow them in this effort to restrict voting to the educated classes.

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Frederick Douglass

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He critiques the idea of limiting voting rights to educated individuals, arguing for universal suffrage.

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