On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Those who would have been most likely to elect me as a delegate, could not, because they are to-night held in abject slavery in the United States.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
At a temperance convention, Douglass explains why he cannot represent certain groups, linking their absence to the institution of slavery.
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