Frederick Douglass: “They urge them to look for relief where they ought to know that relief…”

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They urge them to look for relief where they ought to know that relief is impossible.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass criticizes the false hope offered to African Americans by colonization advocates.

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Frederick Douglass: “They urge them to look for relief where they ought to know that relief is impossible.”