Frederick Douglass: “Plainly enough, the exodus is less harmful as a measure than are the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Plainly enough, the exodus is less harmful as a measure than are the arguments by which it is supported.

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Frederick Douglass

Source

From his autobiography, discussing the merits and drawbacks of the Black exodus from the South.

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Frederick Douglass: “Plainly enough, the exodus is less harmful as a measure than are the arguments by which it is supported.”