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I insist upon it that this new charge has come at the call of new conditions, and that nothing could have been hit upon better calculated to accomplish its brutal purpose.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I insist upon it that this new charge has come at the call of new conditions, and that nothing could have been hit upon…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass insists that the new charges against African Americans are specifically designed to serve brutal ends.
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