Frederick Douglass: “Denied the means of learning useful trades we are pressed into the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Denied the means of learning useful trades we are pressed into the narrowest limits to obtain a livelihood.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass laments how the denial of access to useful trades severely restricts the economic opportunities and livelihoods of Black people.

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