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It leads him to doubt the possibility of his progress as an American citizen.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It leads him to doubt the possibility of his progress as an American citizen.”
Editor's note · Context
He argues that such colonization ideas lead African Americans to doubt their potential as citizens.
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