Frederick Douglass: “When this shall come it will then only be used, as it should be, to…”

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When this shall come it will then only be used, as it should be, to distinguish one variety of the human family from another.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass envisions a future where racial distinctions are merely biological and devoid of social significance.

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