Frederick Douglass: “I assert then that poverty, ignorance, and degradation are the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

I assert then that poverty, ignorance, and degradation are the combined evils; or in other words, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the United States.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

From his autobiography, Douglass identifies the primary challenges facing free Black Americans.

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Frederick Douglass: “I assert then that poverty, ignorance, and degradation are the combined evils; or in other words, these constitute the…”

Editor's note · Context