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But these are just the men who are valuable and who are wanted at home.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “But these are just the men who are valuable and who are wanted at home.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass argues that the valuable individuals are needed in America, not sent away.
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