Frederick Douglass: “But the worst thing, perhaps, about this colonization nonsense is…”

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But the worst thing, perhaps, about this colonization nonsense is, that it tends to throw over the Negro a mantle of despair.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass criticizes colonization efforts for instilling a sense of hopelessness in African Americans.

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Frederick Douglass: “But the worst thing, perhaps, about this colonization nonsense is, that it tends to throw over the Negro a mantle of…”