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We have also had the Northern white man’s view of the subject, tempered by his distance from the scene and by his different, if not his higher, civilization.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We have also had the Northern white man’s view of the subject, tempered by his distance from the scene and by his…”
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He critiques the Northern white man's perspective on race, suggesting it is limited by distance and privilege.
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