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From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should cease to be merely a freedman and should become a citizen.
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass
Age: 77 †
Born: 1818
Born: February 14
Died: 1895
Died: February 20
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Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it.
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Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.
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