Frederick Douglass: “It touches the heart of the South through its pocket.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

It touches the heart of the South through its pocket.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass explains how Black labor's economic power could influence the South.

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