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Frederick Douglass: Again I question the Negro’s accusers on another important ground; I have no confidence in the veracity of men who…

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Again I question the Negro’s accusers on another important ground; I have no confidence in the veracity of men who publicly justify themselves in cheating the Negro out of his constitutional right to vote.
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass questions the integrity of those who cheat Black individuals out of their voting rights.

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