Frederick Douglass: “My fellow-apprentices very soon began to feel it degrading to them to…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

My fellow-apprentices very soon began to feel it degrading to them to work with me.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass recounts how the prevailing racial prejudice led his white fellow apprentices to view working with him as demeaning.

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Frederick Douglass: “My fellow-apprentices very soon began to feel it degrading to them to work with me.”