On the record
It is said if the colored people do not like the conditions upon which their labor is demanded and secured, let them leave and go elsewhere.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is said if the colored people do not like the conditions upon which their labor is demanded and secured, let them…”
Editor's note · Context
This quote challenges the notion that marginalized people should simply leave oppressive conditions rather than demand change.
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