On the record
Their testimony in the case of any other people than the Negro would be instantly and utterly discredited, and why not the same in this case?
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Their testimony in the case of any other people than the Negro would be instantly and utterly discredited, and why not…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass points out the hypocrisy in discrediting testimony against other groups while accepting it against Black individuals.
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