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An abandoned woman has only to start a cry, true or false, that she has been insulted by a black man, to have him arrested and summarily murdered by the mob.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “An abandoned woman has only to start a cry, true or false, that she has been insulted by a black man, to have him…”
Editor's note · Context
He highlights the vulnerability of Black men to false accusations from white women, leading to lynching.
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