On the record
Why, I ask again, was not this dreadful charge brought forward against the Negro in war times and in reconstruction times?
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Why, I ask again, was not this dreadful charge brought forward against the Negro in war times and in reconstruction…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass challenges the rationale behind the timing of charges against Black people, questioning their validity during earlier conflicts.
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