On the record
For it involves the honour or dishonour, the glory or shame, the happiness or misery, of the whole American people.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “For it involves the honour or dishonour, the glory or shame, the happiness or misery, of the whole American people.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes that the resolution of racial issues impacts the entire American populace, both morally and socially.
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