The destiny of the colored American ... is the destiny of America.
More from Frederick Douglass
We deem it a settled point that the destiny of the colored man is bound up with that of the white people of this country. ... We are here, and here we are like…
Permalink to quote #5 More than twenty years of unswerving devotion to our common cause may give me some humble claim to be trusted at this momentous crisis. I will not argue. To do…
Permalink to quote #7 If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the …
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