On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Nor would he now be leaving the South as from a doomed city and seeking a home in the uncongenial North, but tilling his native soil in comparative independence.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Nor would he now be leaving the South as from a doomed city and seeking a home in the uncongenial North, but tilling his…”
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From his autobiography, reflecting on the failures of Reconstruction and the forced migration of Black Americans from the South.
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