Frederick Douglass: “It says to the coloured citizen, “We cannot protect you, we therefore…”

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It says to the coloured citizen, “We cannot protect you, we therefore propose to join your oppressors.

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Frederick Douglass

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He conveys the message that the government’s inability to protect Black citizens equates to siding with their oppressors.

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