On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
There too the black man’s children attended the same public schools with the white man’s children, and apparently without objection from any quarter.
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Frederick Douglass
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From his autobiography, Douglass observes the integrated public schools in New Bedford, highlighting a significant aspect of racial equality.
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