On the record
As servants they are welcome, but as equal citizens they are not.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “As servants they are welcome, but as equal citizens they are not.”
Editor's note · Context
He contrasts the acceptance of Black individuals as servants with their rejection as equal citizens, illustrating the hypocrisy of racial attitudes.
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