Frederick Douglass: “So that he has grown up unequal, unsymmetrical, and is no longer a…”

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So that he has grown up unequal, unsymmetrical, and is no longer a vertical, well-rounded man, in body or in mind.

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Frederick Douglass

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He discusses the impact of slavery on the development of African Americans, emphasizing their lack of wholeness.

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Frederick Douglass: “So that he has grown up unequal, unsymmetrical, and is no longer a vertical, well-rounded man, in body or in mind.”