"The ground which a colored man occupies in this country is, every inch of it, sternly disputed."

Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass

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" In all the relations of life and death, we are met by the color line. "
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" The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America. "
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" To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to da... "
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" I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong. "
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" I hold that women, as well as men, have the right to vote, and my heart and my voice go wi... "
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" Shoot down the Confederacy and uphold the flag; the American flag. "
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" From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should ... "
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" The Republican Party is the ship and all else is the sea around us. "
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" Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chain... "
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" The man who is right is a majority. We, who have God and conscience on our side, have a ma... "
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" If the Republican party shall fail to carry out this purpose, God will raise up another pa... "
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" I say nothing of father, for he is shrouded in a mystery I have never been able to penetra... "
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" The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. "
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" I knew that however bad the Republican party was, the Democratic party was much worse. "
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" There is no race problem before the country, but only a political one, the question whethe... "
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" You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. "
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" No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other... "
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