On the record
If this were done, there would be no Negro problem or national problem to vex the South or to vex the nation.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “If this were done, there would be no Negro problem or national problem to vex the South or to vex the nation.”
Editor's note · Context
He asserts that resolving the issues of race and national identity hinges on legal and moral integrity.
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