Frederick Douglass: “The border men hate the Indians; the Californian, the Chinaman; the…”

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The border men hate the Indians; the Californian, the Chinaman; the Mohammedan, the Christian, and vice versa.

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Frederick Douglass

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Here, Douglass points out the widespread animosity among different racial and cultural groups.

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Frederick Douglass: “The border men hate the Indians; the Californian, the Chinaman; the Mohammedan, the Christian, and vice versa.”