On the record
The facts that we still live and have increased in higher ratio than the native white people of the South are proofs of our vitality, and, in some degree, of our industry.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes the vitality and industriousness of African Americans despite historical oppression.
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