I remarked to him, that no part of the American people would be treated with respect, if systematically ignored by the government, and denied all participation in its honors and emoluments.
In his autobiography, Douglass recounts a conversation where he asserts the necessity of government recognition for any group to be treated with respect.
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His iron sentences, cold and harsh, sunk like heavy weights deep into my heart, and stirred up within me a rebellion not soon to be allayed.
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It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.