On the record
The black man does the work and the white man gets the money.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The black man does the work and the white man gets the money.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass critiques the economic system where black laborers do the work while white landowners reap the financial benefits.
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