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Frederick Douglass: “The colored people do see a difference between the two parties, as broad as the moral universe and as palpable as the…”

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The colored people do see a difference between the two parties, as broad as the moral universe and as palpable as the difference between the character of Moses and that of Pharaoh.
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass emphasizes the clear moral distinction the colored people see between the Republican and Democratic parties.

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