Frederick Douglass: “He was never accused of assault, insult, or an attempt to commit an…”

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He was never accused of assault, insult, or an attempt to commit an assault upon any white woman in the whole South.

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Frederick Douglass

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He points out the absence of accusations against a specific individual to challenge the narrative of violence attributed to Black men.

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