On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The rights which they were intended to guarantee are denied and held in contempt.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The rights which they were intended to guarantee are denied and held in contempt.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass observes that the rights meant to be protected by constitutional amendments are instead being actively denied and disrespected.
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