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Having despised us, it is not strange that americans should seek to render us despicable; having enslaved us, it is natural that they should strive to prove us unfit for freedom; having denounced us as indolent, it is not strange that they should cripple our enterprises.
-Frederick Douglass
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Having Despised Us, It Is Not Strange

Frederick Douglass
Having despised us, it is not strange that americans should seek to render us despicable; having enslaved us, it is natural that they should strive to prove us unfit for freedom; having denounced us as indolent, it is not strange that they should cripple our enterprises.
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