On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
This fact proves that if we cannot rise to the whites, the whites can fall to us.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “This fact proves that if we cannot rise to the whites, the whites can fall to us.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass concludes that the changing labor market demonstrates a fluidity in social status, challenging racial hierarchies.
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