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Frederick Douglass: “At this moment I can more easily get my son into a lawyer’s office to study law than I can into a blacksmith’s shop to…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
At this moment I can more easily get my son into a lawyer’s office to study law than I can into a blacksmith’s shop to blow the bellows and to wield the sledge-hammer.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

Douglass provides a stark example of the racial barriers preventing Black individuals from accessing skilled trades, contrasting it with the relative ease of entering professional fields.

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