On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
No colored man is really free in a slaveholding state.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “No colored man is really free in a slaveholding state.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts the inherent lack of true liberty for Black individuals, even those nominally free, within the confines of a slaveholding society.
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