Frederick Douglass:

The American people have always been anxious to know what they shall do with us... I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief. Do nothing with us! If the Negro cannot stand on his own legs, let him fall. All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs!

— Frederick Douglass Modern

Abolitionist, orator

Context

Speech 'What the Black Man Wants'

Date / Period

1865

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2744/2744-h/2744-h.htm

Verification

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Explanation

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