Frederick Douglass: “I, therefore, soon found that the negro had still a cause, and that he…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

I, therefore, soon found that the negro had still a cause, and that he needed my voice and pen with others to plead for it.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass explains his realization that the fight for Black rights continued even after emancipation, requiring his ongoing advocacy.

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