History and Historiography

On Frederick Douglass’s Birthday—What Do You Think?

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February 14th marks the birthday of Frederick Douglass, one of America’s greatest champions of liberty and equality. He believed that racial distinctions would eventually fade and famously said:
“I conceive that there is no division of races. God Almighty made but one race. I adopt the theory that in time the varieties of races will be blended into one. Let us look back when the black and the white people were distinct in this country. In two hundred and fifty years there has grown up a million of intermediate. And this will continue. You may say that Frederick Douglass considers himself a member of the one race which exists.”
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Douglass’s words remain as powerful today as ever before, and our newly updated edition of Race & Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, delves into these timeless discussions.

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