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Men may combine to prevent cruelty to animals, for they are dumb and cannot speak for themselves; but we are men and must speak for ourselves, or we shall not be spoken for at all.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Men may combine to prevent cruelty to animals, for they are dumb and cannot speak for themselves; but we are men and…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass stresses the importance of self-representation for marginalized groups, contrasting them with voiceless animals.
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