Frederick Douglass: “He can write, and speak, and cooperate for the attainment of his…”

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He can write, and speak, and cooperate for the attainment of his rights and the redress of his wrongs.

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Frederick Douglass

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He highlights the rights of the Irish to advocate for their own freedoms, contrasting it with the plight of enslaved Americans.

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