Frederick Douglass: “They were trained in the school of servility to believe that white men…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

They were trained in the school of servility to believe that white men alone were entitled to be waited upon by colored men; and the lesson taught by my presence on the “Tennessee” was not to be learned upon the instant, without thought and experience.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass explains that the colored waiters' discomfort stemmed from their training in servility, which taught them only white men deserved service from colored men.

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Frederick Douglass: “They were trained in the school of servility to believe that white men alone were entitled to be waited upon by colored…”

Editor's note · Context