Frederick Douglass: “They do not deplore, but glory, in our misfortunes.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

They do not deplore, but glory, in our misfortunes.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

Douglass condemns the American Colonization Society for celebrating, rather than lamenting, the hardships faced by Black Americans.

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