Frederick Douglass: “But by this decision of the Supreme Court the fourteenth amendment has been slain in the house of its friends.”

Slavery had no recognition of fathers, as none of families.

Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.

It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.