On the record
But I ask why should there be a negro problem any more than a problem for any other class of the American people?
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “But I ask why should there be a negro problem any more than a problem for any other class of the American people?”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass questions why the challenges faced by African Americans should be viewed as a unique problem compared to other groups in society.
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