The worst foes, not only of humanity and civilization, but especially of the white race in America, were those white men who brought slaves from Africa, and who fostered the spread of slavery in the States and territories of the American Republic.
Roosevelt critiques the role of white individuals in perpetuating slavery and its impact on American society.
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