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Why was not this charge made at that time as now?
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Why was not this charge made at that time as now?”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asks why certain charges against Black people were not raised in the past, highlighting inconsistencies in the justification for violence.
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